bar・ba・rous /bb()rs ｜ b-/ adj. 1 野蛮な, 未開の (uncivilized) (⇒barbarian SYN). ・barbarous countries, peoples, etc. 2 残忍な, 残酷な (cruel). ・barbarous treatment, conduct, etc. ・He is utterly barbarous (in his behavior). やつは(行動が)全く残忍だ. ・It was barbarous of him to do that . そんなことをするなんてむごい. 3 〈人・態度など〉粗野な, 教養に欠ける, 〈風習・趣味など〉野蛮な, 野卑な (unrefined); 〈言語が〉ラテン・ギリシャ以外の, 異国語の, 粗野な (crude); 〈音が〉不快な, 耳障りな. ・barbarous habits. ・wild and barbarous music 騒々しい耳障りな音楽. 〜・ly adv. 〜・ness n. 《c1405》 L barbarus Gk brbaros foreign, 《原義》 ? stammering: ⇒-ous