Helen Fenton

Barbara: Definition and part of speech

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Barbara

  1. n. The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Barbarian: Definition and part of speech

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Barbarian

  1. a. Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.
  2. n. A foreigner.
  3. n. A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state.
  4. n. A person destitute of culture.
  5. n. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Barbaic: Definition and part of speech

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Barbaic

  1. a. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement.
  2. a. Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; — often with reference to barbarous nations of east.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Barbarism: Definition and part of speech

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Barbarism

  1. n. An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism.
  2. n. An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness.
  3. n. A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.