Barbarism

(barbar-izm.) [Gr. barbarism os.] (Gram.) An offence against the purity of style and language, or a mode of speaking or writing contrary to the true idiomatic principles of any particular language. Barbaros'sn. See FREDERICK I., Emperor. Barbaros'sa, the name of two brothers, who, as corsairs, were the terror of Christen dom during the first part of the 16th cent. The elder, AROOJ, being called to the a istance of Selim, sheik of Algiers, against the Spaniards, usurped the sovereign authority, and put Selim to death. Charles V. sent out an expedition against him, 1518, when B. fell in battle. His brother, KHAIR-EDDIN, s. him, and surrendered the sovereignty of Algiers to Selim I., sultan of Turkey, in exchange for a force of 2,000 Jani aries and the title ofDey. He afterwards accepted the title of admiral of the Turkish fleet; took Tunis; gained a victory over the Imperial fleet under the command of Andreas Doria; and D. 1546. [s. 73]