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

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 Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

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 Scott, Eva

An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah