Middle English Dictionary Entry
barbarisme n.
Entry Info
Forms | barbarisme n. |
Etymology | OF & ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Uncivilized or rude nature.
Associated quotations
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)33/35 : Þe natyff..rudnesse of my modur-tounge hathe so inflectyd & cankeryd my speche & my language wiþ þe barbarisme of þe soyle þe which I haue be fostryd & brought forthe yn of youthe.