B'BARBARISM, noun [Latin Barbarisums. See Barbarian.] 1. An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. 2. Ignorance of arts; want of learning. 3. Rudeness of manners; savagism; incivility; ferociousness; a savage state of society. 4. Brutality; cruelty; barbarity. [In this sense little used, being superseded by barbarity.]
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