Barbarisms

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounA barbaric act.

"These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue; they must be crushed or civilization will collapse."

2.nounThe condition of existing barbarically.

3.nounA word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots.

4.nounAn error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation.

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