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semibarbarous

semibarbarous adjective: partially barbarous; not fully civilised.

Adjective

semibarbarous (not comparable)

  1. Partially barbarous; not fully civilised.
    • Mr. Arndt, a German and the Government doctor, invited me to stay at his house while in Coupang, and I gladly accepted his offer, as I only intended making a short visit. We at first began speaking French, but he got on so badly that we soon passed insensibly into Malay; and we afterwards held long...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 290

Origin of semibarbarous

From semi- + barbarous.

Questions about semibarbarous

What does semibarbarous mean?
Semibarbarous means partially barbarous; not fully civilised.
What part of speech is semibarbarous?
Semibarbarous is an adjective.

Words near semibarbarous in the dictionary

  1. semibarbarian
  2. semibarbarianism
  3. semibarbarians
  4. semibarbaric
  5. semibarbarism
  6. semibarbarous
  7. semibaronial
  8. semibarren
  9. semibasement
  10. semibasements
  11. semibearable

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