mediaeval

American  

[mee-dee-ee-vuhl, med-ee-, mid-ee-, mid-ee-vuhl] / ˌmi diˈi vəl, ˌmɛd i-, ˌmɪd i-, mɪdˈi vəl /

adjective

1. medieval.

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mediaeval British  

/ ˌmɛdɪˈiːvəl /

adjective

1. a variant spelling of medieval

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Other Word Forms

• antimediaeval adjective
• antimediaevally adverb
• postmediaeval adjective
• pseudomediaeval adjective
• quasi-mediaeval adjective
• unmediaeval adjective

Example Sentences

He continued: "It's well preserved and it really does feel like not much has changed... You could almost imagine you're here in mediaeval times, perhaps hearing of this young upcoming playwright called William something-or-other."

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025

Helpfully, Naismith had "a powerhouse of early mediaeval numismatic research" on his doorstep: The Fitzwilliam Museum.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

He is like a latterday intellectual, a Christopher Hitchens perhaps, transposed to a mediaeval era; the most modern-minded character in the show, and as such among the most relatable.

From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2019

“The glamorous vast multiplicity, all made up of differences, mediaeval, romantic differences,” D. H. Lawrence wrote, in “Mr. Noon,” his semi-fictional account of crossing the Alps with Frieda Weekley after their elopement.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 11, 2016

From her pocket he tugged a huge bunch of rusted keys on an iron ring like a mediaeval jailer’s and ran back up the hall with the two women behind him.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner