Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barbarious

/bɑː(ɹ)ˈbeəɹɪəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bar-bar-i-ous
IPA: /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbeəɹɪəs/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

barbarous, barbaric.

Dated; Literary; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"During that calamitous period, every instant of time was marked, every province of the Roman world was afflicted, by barbarious invaders and military tyrants, and the ruined empire seemed to approach the last and fatal moment of its dissolution."
""Well, it seems a barbarious practice enough to us, but I daresay the natives think nothing o' it," said Matthew."
"The game is played out, the figures have melted away, the lines are frazzled, the board is mildewed. Everything has become barbarious again."

Etymology

Possibly from barbary (“barbarian, non-Christian”), or combining barbaric and barbarous.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more barbarious (comparative) most barbarious (superlative)

Derived Forms

barbariously barbariousness

Synonyms

barbarian heathen pagan animalistic barbaric barbarious barbarous brutal brutish Gothic Gothlike grim

Questions

How do you pronounce barbarious?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbeəɹɪəs/.
What does barbarious mean?: barbarous, barbaric.
Where does barbarious come from?: Possibly from barbary (“barbarian, non-Christian”), or combining barbaric and barbarous.

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