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Word entry · 8 letters

barbaric

Best crossword clue

"Brutally uncivilized"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aabbcirrStarts with BEnds with C1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. without civilizing influences

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English barbarik, from Old French barbarique (“barbarous”), from Latin barbaricus, from Ancient Greek βαρβαρικός (barbarikós, “barbaric, savage, fierce”), from βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “barbarian”) + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). See βάρβαρος (bárbaros) for more.

Used in a sentence

  • a barbaric attack on a doctor in a hospital

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01Brutally uncivilized8 letters

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