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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary me·di·e·val
ETYMOLOGY New Latin medium aevum Middle Ages DATE 1827 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Middle Ages 2. having a quality (as cruelty) associated with the Middle Ages 3. extremely outmoded or antiquated • me·di·e·val·ly adverb
noun also mediaeval DATE 1856 : a person of the Middle Ages English Etymology medieval 1827, "pertaining to or suggestive of the Middle Ages," coined in Eng. from L. medi(um) "middle" + æv(um) "age." Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 medieval medi·eval (also medi·aeval) / 7medi5i:vl; NAmE also 7mi:d- / adjective[usually before noun] connected with the Middle Ages (about AD 1000 to AD 1450) 中世纪的(约公元 1000 到 1450 年): medieval architecture / castles / manuscripts 中世纪的建筑/城堡/手稿 the literature of the late medieval period 中世纪后期的文学 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged medie·val I. adjective or mediae·val \|mēdē|ēvəl, |med-, |mid-; (ˈ)mē|dēvəl, (ˈ)mi|d-, (ˈ)me|d-, məˈd-\ Etymology: medi- + Latin aevum age + English -al; after New Latin Medium Aevum middle ages (the period of European history extending roughly from about A.D. 500 to about 1500) — more at aye 1. : of, relating to, or typical or suggestive of the middle ages or their art, literature, or institutions < watches her daughter fulfill the medieval rites of the coronation — Marjorie Earl > < the town has drowsily gone its medieval way — Richard Joseph > — compare ancient , modern 2. : antiquated , outmoded < displayed a medieval carburetor — Nigel Dennis > • medie·val·ly \-vəlē, -li\ adverb II. noun or mediaeval \“\ (-s) : a person belonging to medieval times — usually used in plural < the short shrift given the medievals is perhaps due to the desire to save space — H.R.Finch > |
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