a. Obs. [f. BARBARY, F. barbarie, or L. barbar, -ia, -ies + -OUS.] = BARBAROUS.

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1570.  Holinshed, Scot. Chron., I. 25. Barbarious and miserable creatures.

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1633.  T. Stafford, Pac. Hib., xvii. (1821), 663. The barbarious tyranny hee exercised upon his owne Countriemen.

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1762.  Goldsm., Cit. W., xi. Barbarious nations.

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