medieval

/mɪd.ˈiː.vəl//mɪd.ˈi.vəl/

noun

  1. 1

    Someone living in the Middle Ages.

  2. 2

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

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

adjective

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages in popular, modern cultural perception:

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