barbarous

Definition

Not classical or pure.

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Latin barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”).

Example Sentences

• "He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] Wun, one."
• "The original Turkish tongue was somewhat barbarous, but extremely forcible and concise when spoken."
• "[T]he poticaries and barbarus wryters call it [the iris] Irios in the genetiue caſe."

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