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Thresor de la langue françoyse. Jean Nicot.
Thresor de la langue françoyse. Jean Nicot.
LYCHNIS vel LYCHNITES gemma — memoratur Luciano in Syria Dea Λίθον ἐπὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ φορέει, λυχνὶς καλέεται Α᾿πὸ τούτου εν νυκτὶ σέλας πολλὸν ἀπολάμπεται ὑπὸ δὲ οἱ καὶ ὁ νηὸς ἅπας οἷον ὑπὸ λύχνοισι φαίνεται εν ἡμέρῃ δὲ τὸ μὲν φέγγος ἀςθενέει, ἰδέην δὲ ἔχει κάρτα πυρώδεα, Gemmam… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
barbaric — bar|bar|ic [ba:ˈbærık US ba:r ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: barbarique, from Latin, from Greek, from barbaros; BARBAROUS] very cruel and violent = ↑barbarous ▪ The way the whales are killed is nothing short of barbaric … Dictionary of contemporary English
barbaric — (adj.) late 15c., uncultured, uncivilized, unpolished, from Fr. barbarique (15c.), from L. barbaricus foreign, strange, outlandish, from Gk. barbarikos like a foreigner, from barbaros foreign, rude (see BARBARIAN (Cf. barbarian)). Meaning… … Etymology dictionary
barbaric — adj. 1 brutal; cruel (flogging is a barbaric punishment). 2 rough and uncultured; unrestrained. 3 of or like barbarians and their art or taste; primitive. Derivatives: barbarically adv. Etymology: ME f. OF barbarique or L barbaricus f. Gk… … Useful english dictionary