barbarousness
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Few constructions, though, can match “bleisure” for barbarousness.
From Economist ● Jun. 13, 2017
The tales spread abroad of his "barbarousness and inhumanity" caused him real annoyance, and he endeavoured to refute them in a published "Declaration."
From Rupert Prince Palatine by Eva Scott
An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
As MERCURY, by his eloquence, reclaimed men from their barbarousness and cruelty: so ORPHEUS, by his music, subdued fierce beasts and wild birds.
From An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments by Professor Thomas Seccombe Arber
In a famous speech made soon afterwards, he charged the king's nephew, Prince Rupert, with gross "inhumanity and barbarousness" during the course of the battle.
From Van Dyck A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation by Estelle M. (Estelle May) Hurll
