barbarized
simple past tense and past participle of barbarize
Source: Wiktionary
Bar"ba*rize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Barbarized (; p. pr. & vb. n. Barbarizing (.]
1. To become barbarous. The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the time of Trajan. De Quincey.
2. To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech. The ill habit . . . of wretched barbarizing against the Latin and Greek idiom, with their untutored Anglicisms. Milton.
Bar"ba*rize, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. barbariser, LL. barbarizare.]
Definition: To make barbarous. The hideous changes which have barbarized France. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 June 2025
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
