barbarous

raaka, julma, raakalaismainen, sivistymätön

barbaarimainen puhekieltä Not classical or pure.
uncivilized, uncultured
1801, Isaac Watts, The improvement of the mind, or A supplement to the art of logic

It is the remark of an ingenious writer, should a barbarous Indian, who had never seen a palace or a ship, view their separate and disjointed parts, and observe the pillars, doors, windows, cornices and turrets of the one, or the prow and stern, the ribs and masts, the ropes and shrouds, the sails and tackle of the other, he would be able to form but a very lame and dark idea of either of those excellent and useful inventions.

I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs

By the known rules of antient libertie,

When strait a barbarous noise environs me

Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs - s:I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs|I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs, w:John Milton|John Milton (1673)