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Definition of Barbarousness

1. Noun. The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane.

Definition of Barbarousness

1. n. The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.

Definition of Barbarousness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being barbarous. ¹

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Definition of Barbarousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barbarousness

Literary usage of Barbarousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of William Bedell, D.D., Lord Bishop of Kilmore by Henry Joseph Monck Mason (1843)
"your Lordships be thought most convenient, for avoiding .the inconvenience of the barbarousness and ..."

2. An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived from the Best and the Most Copious by Edward William Lane (1885)
"... Obscureness and barbarousness in speech. (ТА. ... Sfc.: (L:) not chaste in speech, or utterance. (S, K.) <uila»Ia.JA barbarousness, or ..."

3. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"BARBARIE, sf barbarity; barbarousness. /2s exercèrent leur barbarie sur les vaincus, they exercised their barbarousness—their cruelty over the conquered. ..."

4. The Defense of Poesy, Otherwise Known as An Apology for Poetry by Sir Philip Sidney (1890)
"492). 2918. Lauds of the immortal God. Cf. 52 15 ff. 29 20. barbarousness. Cf. Child, Eng. and Scott. Popular Ballads, Part VI. p. ..."

5. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1839)
"“The peculiar barbarousness of this country, and its yet more barbarous natives, ... Let us have picturesque and delightful mixed up with barbarousness, ..."

6. The Defense of Poesy: Otherwise Known as An Apology for Poetry by Philip Sidney, Albert Stanburrough Cook (1890)
"Lauds of the immortal God. Cf. 52 15 ff. 29 20. barbarousness. Cf. Child, Eng. and Scott. Popular Ballads, Part VI. p. 305, note: "The courtly poet deserves ..."

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