medieval
pronunciation
How to pronounce medieval in British English:
UK [ˌmediˈiːvl]
How to pronounce medieval in American English:
US [ˌmediˈiːvl]
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- Adjective:
- relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
- as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened
- characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages
Word Origin
- medieval
- medieval: see medium
- medieval (adj.)
- 1827, "pertaining to or suggestive of the Middle Ages," coined in English from Latin medium "the middle" (see medium (n.)) + aevum "age" (see eon).
Example
- 1. But the medieval world was more complicated than that .
- 2. Medieval life was remarkably unnarcissistic .
- 3. Medieval europeans combated them with incense .
- 4. Death was never far from medieval man .
- 5. Until recently , the conditions were medieval .