Part 906

<hw>Bar"ba*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Coined by logicians.]</ety> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.</def>

<i>Whately.</i>

<h1>Barbaresque</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar`ba*resque"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Barbaric in form or style; <as>as, <ex>barbaresque</ex> architecture</as>.</def>

<i>De Quincey.</i>

<h1>Barbarian</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar*ba"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Barbarous</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A foreigner.</def> <mark>[Historical]</mark>

<blockquote>Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a <b>barbarian</b>, and he that speaketh shall be a <b>barbarian</b> unto me. <i><?/ Cor. xiv. 11.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A person destitute of culture.</def>

<i>M. Arnold.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity.</def> "Thou fell <i>barbarian</i>."

<i>Philips.</i>

<h1>Barbarian</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar*ba"ri*an</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; <as>as, <ex>barbarian</ex> governments or nations</as>.</def>

<h1>Barbaic</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar*ba"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>barbaricus</ets> foreign, barbaric, Gr. <ets><?/</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east.</def> "<i>Barbaric</i> pearl and gold."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement.</def> "Wild, <i>barbaric</i> music."

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Barbarism</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar"ba*rism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>barbarismus</ets>, Gr.<ets><?/</ets>; cf. F. <ets>barbarisme</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness.</def>

<i>Prescott.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage.</def>

<blockquote>A heinous <b>barbarism</b> . . . against the honor of marriage. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See <er>Solecism</er>.</def>

<blockquote>The Greeks were the first that branded a foreign term in any of their writers with the odious name of <b>barbarism</b>. <i>G. Campbell.</i></blockquote>