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   medieval

   /ˌmɛd(ɪ)ˈiːvl/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the Middle Ages: "a medieval castle" Similar of the Middle AgesMiddle Ageof the Dark AgesDark-Age11th to 14th century6th to 14th centuryGothicearly
   • ▪ resembling or likened to the Middle Ages, especially in being cruel, uncivilized, or primitive: "without other people around I would let my flat degenerate into medieval levels of squalor" Similar primitiveantiquatedprehistoricarchaicantiqueantediluvianold-fashionedout of dateoutdatedoutmodedanachronisticpasséobsolescentobsoleteinformal:out of the arkclunkyantwackyhorse-and-buggymossyOpposite modern

   Word Origin early 19th century: from modern Latin medium aevum ‘middle age’ + -al.

   Derivatives

   • 1. medievalism noun
   • 2. medievalist noun
   • 3. medievally adverb

   Scrabble Points: 14

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   • E

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   • I

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   • E

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   • V

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   • A

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