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MEDIAEVAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

As if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened

Example:

a medieval attitude toward dating

Synonyms:

gothic; mediaeval; medieval

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

nonmodern (not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages

Example:

Medieval times

Synonyms:

mediaeval; medieval

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Middle Ages (the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance)

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