Obs. [f. prec. + -NESS.] = BARBAROUSNESS.
1570. Ascham, Scholem., I. (Arb.), 28. In the best Scholes of England barbariousnesse is bred up so in yong wittes. Ibid., 149. To rayle vpon poore England, objecting both extreme beggerie and mere barbariousnes unto it.
1599. Sandys, Europæ Spec. (1637), 243. Who striveth by all means to plant barbariousnesse among them [the Muscovites].
