[ˈbɑːb(ə)rəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- extremely brutal
(e.g: many early child-rearing practices were barbarous by modern standards)

- primitive and uncivilized
(e.g: a remote and barbarous country)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in barbarous): via Latin from Greek barbaros ‘foreign’ + -ous