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De - Pt| English Dictionary: barbarism | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for barbarism | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Barbarism \Bar"ba*rism\, n. [L. barbarismus, Gr. [?]; cf. F. barbarisme.] 1. An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness. --Prescott. 2. A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage. A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of marriage. --Milton. 3. An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See {Solecism}. The Greeks were the first that branded a foreign term in any of their writers with the odious name of barbarism. --G. Campbell. | |
