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medieval
[mee-dee-ee-vuhl, med-ee-, mid-ee-, mid-ee-vuhl]
adjective
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages.
medieval architecture.
Informal., extremely old-fashioned; primitive.
medieval
/ ˌmɛdɪˈiːvəl /
adjective
of, relating to, or in the style of the Middle Ages
informal, old-fashioned; primitive
medieval
A descriptive term for people, objects, events, and institutions of the Middle Ages.
Other Word Forms
- medievally adverb
- antimedieval adjective
- antimedievally adverb
- postmedieval adjective
- pseudomedieval adjective
- pseudomedievally adverb
- quasi-medieval adjective
- unmedieval adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of medieval1
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Example Sentences
Gold futures settled Wednesday at a record $4,043.30 a troy ounce, the special unit of weight used for precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum that dates to medieval trade markets.
A generative AI tool can be an expert in medieval history one minute and solve complex mathematical equations the next.
A medieval observer described the Arab world during its golden age: “Everything produced from the earth is there. Carts carry countless goods to markets, where everything is available and cheap.”
An excavation in the 1990s unearthed dozens of medieval graves.
Its roots lie in the medieval stonemasons' guilds, and members still meet in "lodges" to carry out secretive initiation rituals and ceremonies based on allegories such as the building of King Solomon's Temple.
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