Definitions for Medieval

Medieval me·di·e·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/

Medieval is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 278 anagrams from letters in Medieval (adeeilmv).

Definitions for Medieval

adjective

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

Origin of Medieval

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

Examples for Medieval

It was like trying to storm a medieval fortress with a popgun.

If a Queen did cheat, her crimes fade into insignificance compared to the extensive philandering engaged in by medieval monarchs.

The folk memory of medieval community life had been wiped out by the industrial revolution.

As in medieval Europe, the scholars of Asia and Egypt were priests.

We had turned our backs upon medieval Cairo, and our faces toward Ethiopia.

Miles with Erasmus has no longer the meaning of 'knight' which it had in medieval Latin.

From reports it must once have been a lovely old city with stone houses and a medieval quarter.

Even in the medieval era this disparity made Christians uncomfortable.

It is difficult to overstate how destructive the practice of dismembering ancient and medieval books is.

Now, if they were not hopelessly medieval they would try a stick of dynamite.

Word Value for Medieval
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14

Words with friends

17

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