barbarous /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹəs/ adjective4 •Uncivilized, uncultured.[T]he poticaries and barbarus wryters call it [the iris] Irios in the genetiue case. — 1562 •Mercilessly or impudently violent or cruel, savage.Direct my weapon to his barbarous heart, / That thus opposeth him against the Gods, / And scornes the Powers that gouerne Persea. — 1587 •Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs / By the known rules of antient libertie, / When strait a barbarous noise environs me / Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs — 1673 •Not classical or pure.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. — 1687 formsmore barbarous · most barbarous