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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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- adjective Relating or belonging to the Middle Ages.
- 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.
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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 -
A.D. reappear in medieval French Catholic and Eastern Syriac church liturgies as mermeut.
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 1 -
` 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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- 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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