English Explanatory Dictionary

medieval

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
  2. Having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages in popular, modern cultural perception:
  3. Archaic.
  4. Brutal.
noun
  1. Someone living in the Middle Ages.
  2. A medieval example (of something aforementioned or understood from context).

Pronunciation

/ˌmɛd.iˈiː.vəl/ /ˌmiː.diˈiː.vəl/ /mɪdˈiː.vəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-medieval.wav /mɪdˈi.vəl/ /ˌmɛˈdi.vəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Zazollo-medieval.wav /ˈmɛ.ɖɪ.ʋəl/ /mᵻˈɖi.ʋəl/

Word forms

medieval more medieval most medieval mediaeval mediæval medievals

Etymology

From French médiéval (“medieval”), from Latin medium (“middle”) + aevum (“age”).

Derived words

antimedieval get medieval Medieval Climate Anomaly Medieval Climate Optimum medievaldom medieval embroidery medievalesque medieval guipure medievalish medievalism medievalist medievalistic medievalistics medievality medievalize Medieval Latin medieval literature medievally medievalness medievaloid medieval studies medieval synthesis Medieval Warm Period medievistics medireview neomedieval nonmedieval post-medieval postmedieval premedieval pseudomedieval unmedieval
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