medieval

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Tom McArthur Editor, English Today The Fifth Estate It began in medieval Europe, and in the late 20th century it is everywhere in the world.

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  1. adjective Relating or belonging to the Middle Ages.
  2. adjective Informal Old-fashioned; unenlightened: parents with a medieval attitude toward dating.

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  • Tom McArthur Editor, English Today The Fifth Estate It began in medieval Europe, and in the late 20th century it is everywhere in the world. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 2
  • P.K. Saha Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio I believe the runic futharc contained a letter having the sound ` th 'which lingered in medieval manuscript for some centuries after the otherwise total conquest by the Mediterranean alphabet. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 2
  • But the medieval is almost entirely out of our grasp This is an odd gap, to say the least, for a discipline that purports to be a holistic comparative study of human behaviour.
  • ` the three liberal arts of grammar, rhetoric, and logic forming the elementary division of the seven liberal arts in medieval schools and required of all who would obtain a bachelor's degree. ' —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3
  • "I hope it's not an inconvenience." —  Cry Mercy Cry Love
 

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  1. From New Latin medium aevum, the middle age : Latin, neuter of medius, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots + Latin aevum, age; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.
 

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/midɪˈivəl/
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