medieval

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Relating to the Middle Ages, roughly from 500 to 1500 AD.

   We visited a medieval castle with thick stone walls.

2. 2
   adj

   Cruel or extremely old-fashioned, as if from the Middle Ages.

   The press described the treatment of prisoners as medieval.

From French médiéval (“medieval”), from Latin medium (“middle”) + aevum (“age”).

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