Bar*bar"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Barbarities (?). [From Barbarous.]
1. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of
civilization.
2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have
shocked the very Moslem.
Macaulay.
3. A barbarous or cruel act.
4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.]
Swift.