barbaric

Inherited from Middle English barbarik, from Old French barbarique (“barbarous”), from Latin barbaricus, from Ancient Greek βαρβαρικός (barbarikós, “barbaric, savage, fierce”), from βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “barbarian”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). See βάρβαρος (bárbaros) for more.

• IPA^(key): /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪk/, /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbɛɹɪk/

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barbaric (comparative more barbaric, superlative most barbaric)

1. of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth

   Antonym: nonbarbaric

   a barbaric attack on a doctor in a hospital