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Medieval

//ˌmɛd.iˈiː.vəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

    "The book significantly extends on Rosenstein’s monumental 1990 work, “The Unbroken Chain,” which focused on the genealogies of the major Ashkenazi rabbinic dynasties from medieval times to the present."

  2. 2
    Having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages in popular, modern cultural perception:; Archaic.
  3. 3
    Having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages in popular, modern cultural perception:; Brutal.

    "Brute force can get you into any apartment if you want to get medieval about it."

Adjective
  1. 1
    as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened wordnet
  2. 2
    characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages wordnet
  3. 3
    relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages wordnet
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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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