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harb|o'·n I§ vi [Colloq] = harbo'·het II§ vt 1 to spoil, ruin 2 to stimulate exuberant growth in [a plant] 3 [Fig Pej] to drive [ ] wild, make [ ] ecstatic, transport 4 to make [ ] unmanageable, drive [ ] wild harb|u'a|r adj (i) (Colloq) 1 rampant, rambling; (of plants) growing profusely 2 [Pej] unruly, out-of-control: vulgar, rude; ornery; enraged harbu't IV§ nm 1 [Old] member of the rabble: commoner, riffraff 2 [Impol] ill-bred/uncouth/coarse person: boor, oaf; brute, barbarian V§ adj 1 [Old] uncouth, common, vulgar 2 [Contempt] rude and barbarous: coarse, brutish, vulgar