| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bar·bar·ic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bär-b r  k |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of barbarians. 2. Marked by crudeness or lack of restraint in taste, style, or manner. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin barbaricus, from Greek barbarikos, from barbaros, foreign. | | OTHER FORMS: | bar·bari·cal·ly —ADVERB
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