barbarizing
present 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
12 March 2025
(noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
