Medieval

noun

/mɪd.ˈiː.vəl/

Word Frequency: 18.5

Definitions

1.nounSomeone living in the Middle Ages.

2.nounA medieval example (of something aforementioned or understood from context).

"Thank God for modern remedies: the medievals were often useless or even harmful."

3.adjectiveOf or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

4.adjectiveHaving characteristics associated with the Middle Ages in popular, modern cultural perception:

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