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Barbarous vs Unlettered - What's the difference?

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Barbarous is a synonym of unlettered.


As adjectives the difference between barbarous and unlettered

is that barbarous is not classical or pure while unlettered is not instructed in letters; not well educated; unable to read.

barbarous

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete) barbarouse

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not classical or pure.
  • uncivilized, uncultured
  • Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.
    • I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
    By the known rules of antient libertie,
    When strait a barbarous noise environs me
    Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs - (1673)

    Derived terms

    * barbarously * barbarousness

    Related terms

    * barbarian * barbaric

    unlettered

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • not instructed in letters; not well educated; unable to read
  • not expressed in or marked with letters

    • Derived terms

    * unletteredness