barbarousness
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Few constructions, though, can match “bleisure” for barbarousness.
From Economist ● Jun. 13, 2017
"Certainly I must confess my own barbarousness; I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet."
From English literary criticism by Various
His grotesque figure and dress, representing, so it seems to me at the moment, a speck of civilization among the barbarousness of my surroundings, is quite a relief to the senses.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens
Curious enough, but still more scandalous, that we should have the impudence to talk of our humanity, and our civilization, and of the barbarousness of our forefathers.
From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by William Cobbett
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
