Definitions for mediaeval

mediaeval me·di·ae·val

Spelling: [mee-dee-ee-vuh l, med-ee-, mid-ee-, mid-ee-vuh l
IPA: /ˌmi diˈi vəl, ˌmɛd i-, ˌmɪd i-, mɪdˈi vəl/

Mediaeval is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 317 anagrams from letters in mediaeval (aadeeilmv).

Definitions for mediaeval

adjective

  1. medieval.
  2. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: Compare Middle Ages.
  3. Informal. extremely old-fashioned; primitive.

Origin of mediaeval

1820-30; New Latin medi(um) aev(um) the middle age + -al1. See medium, age

Examples for mediaeval

The mediaeval Christian insisted that God gave man a charter.

But the mediaeval ideal, like the Greek, broke down in practice.

It is neither Asiatic nor mediaeval in its essential character.

The kitchen was a crucible, and the old dame a mediaeval alchemist.

That is the paradox of mediaeval morals: as it must appear to the moderns.

It is odd how one gets callous to death, a mediaeval callousness.

Flowers, tears, applause—that has had its time; it's a mediaeval conception.

Henceforth all the mediaeval chalices were fashioned with a six-sided foot.

What is meant by the "Middle Ages" or the "mediaeval" period?

Such a belief was indeed the bedrock of mediaeval political thought.

Word Value for mediaeval
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15

Words with friends

18

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