barbarism Copy link Outline I. Incorrect language1. barbărĭes, ei, f.2. barbărismusII. An uncivilized conditionIII. Barbarity; q. v. • barbarism: I. Incorrect language: 1. barbărĭes, ei, f.: a vernacular b., domestica b., Cic. 2. barbărismus: Auct. Her.. Quint. II. An uncivilized condition: barbăria and barbăries, ēi (also more fully inculta barbaries, Just.): to lay aside and soften b., barbariem deponere et mansuefacere, Just.. such is their b. that they do not understand peace, tanta barbaries est ut pacem non intelligant, Flor. (N.B. Not barbarismus, which is a barbarism in speech.) Phr.: it is a mark of b., *barbarorum est: considerable sagacity for a people living in a state of b., *aliquantum ut inter barbaros prudentiae. III. Barbarity; q. v.