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• Barbarous — Bar ba*rous, a. [L. barbarus, Gr. ba rbaros, strange, foreign; later, slavish, rude, ignorant; akin to L. balbus stammering, Skr. barbara stammering, outlandish. Cf. {Brave}, a.] 1. Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• barbarous — barbarously, adv. barbarousness, n. /bahr beuhr euhs/, adj. 1. uncivilized; wild; savage; crude. 2. savagely cruel or harsh: The prisoners of war were given barbarous treatment. 3. full of harsh sounds; noisy; discordant: an evening of wild and… …   Universalium

• barbarous — bar•ba•rous [[t]ˈbɑr bər əs[/t]] adj. 1) uncivilized; wild; savage 2) savagely cruel or harsh: barbarous treatment of war prisoners[/ex] 3) full of harsh sounds; noisy; discordant: wild and barbarous music[/ex] 4) not conforming to classical… …   From formal English to slang

• barbarous — a. 1. Uncivilized, rough, coarse, rude, untutored, ignorant, unlettered, uncultivated, untamed, savage, barbarian, barbaric. 2. Cruel, inhuman, brutal, brutish, unfeeling, ferocious, ruthless, fell, truculent, fierce, bloody, savage. 3. Uncouth… …   New dictionary of synonyms

• List of English words with disputed usage — Some English words are often used in ways that are contentious between writers on usage and prescriptive commentators. The contentious usages are especially common in spoken English. While in some circles the usages below may make the speaker… …   Wikipedia

• Ferocious — Fe*ro cious, a. [L. ferox, ocis, fierce: cf. F. f[ e]roce. See {Ferocity}.] Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion. [1913 Webster] The humbled power of a ferocious enemy.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ferociously — Ferocious Fe*ro cious, a. [L. ferox, ocis, fierce: cf. F. f[ e]roce. See {Ferocity}.] Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion. [1913 Webster] The humbled power of a ferocious …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ferociousness — Ferocious Fe*ro cious, a. [L. ferox, ocis, fierce: cf. F. f[ e]roce. See {Ferocity}.] Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion. [1913 Webster] The humbled power of a ferocious …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• William Fuller (imposter) — William Fuller, English Impostor, was born at Milton in Kent. His paternity is doubtful, but he was related to the family of Herbert.After 1688, Fuller served Mary of Modena, Queen consort of James II of England, and the Jacobites while seeking… …   Wikipedia

• Fortunatus Wright — (3 May 1712 – 1757) was an English privateer.Early lifeFortunatus Wright’s early days are unrecorded, he may have followed the sea as a boy, but by his twenties he had settled down as a brewer and distiller. MarriagesIn 1732 he married Martha… …   Wikipedia

• Barbarian — is a pejorative term for an uncivilized person, either in a general reference to a member of a nation or ethnos perceived as having an inferior level of civilization, or in an individual reference to a brutal, cruel, warlike, insensitive person… …   Wikipedia