barbaric

adj
/bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English barbarik, from Old French barbarique (“barbarous”), from Latin barbaricus, from Ancient Greek βαρβαρικός (barbarikós, “barbaric, savage, fierce”), from βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “barbarian”) + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). See βάρβαρος (bárbaros) for more.

  1. derived from βαρβαρικός — “barbaric, savage, fierce
  2. derived from barbaricus
  3. derived from barbarique — “barbarous
  4. inherited from barbarik

Definitions

  1. of or relating to a barbarian

    of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth

    • a barbaric attack on a doctor in a hospital

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at barbaric. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at barbaric. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at barbaric

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA