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barbarity(dictionary)

barbarity (iou)



barbarity noun. M16.
[from Latin barbarus (see BARBAROUS) + -ITY.]
= BARBARISM 2. M16-L18.
= BARBARISM 1, 1b. arch. L16.
Savage cruelty; harsh unkindness. L17.
b. An act of savage cruelty. E18.