variants
also mediaeval
as in rusty
having passed its time of use or usefulness
get rid of that medieval kerosene stove—it stinks and it's dangerous
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Recent Examples of medieval
Rest assured, though, that bed nooks are very much for grown-ups, and have been since medieval times.
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Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Lueder Designer Marie Lueder was inspired by a melange of things this season — intimate gatherings, medieval carnivals, intense football matches.
—Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2025
Part of that negative association came from the medieval practice of using tattoos to punish criminals during Korea’s Goryeo Dynasty.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Our original idea was more medieval fantasy.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
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Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Lueder Designer Marie Lueder was inspired by a melange of things this season — intimate gatherings, medieval carnivals, intense football matches.
—Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2025
Part of that negative association came from the medieval practice of using tattoos to punish criminals during Korea’s Goryeo Dynasty.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Our original idea was more medieval fantasy.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medieval
Adjective
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This helps protect the nonstick surface, further fighting the risk of rusty cast iron.—
Julie Harans,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
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Lipkin didn’t look very enthused about fighting, but Landeskog certainly didn’t look rusty with that part of his game.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As a result, the timeline for Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis — archaic humans who disappeared from Europe and Central Asia around 40,000 years ago and are known to have lived alongside the Denisovans — has also been shifted.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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As One of Us gleefully samples multiple registers—comic, tragic, satiric, elegiac, poetic—its mesh of archaic and contemporary styles becomes something quite arresting, a joy to read … Chaon’s beautiful novel insists on answers.—
Book Marks
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But the solid axles also pair with the steering to produce the most antiquated element of an Ineos—either the SUV or truck.—
Michael Van Runkle,
Robb Report,
24 Sep. 2025
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At Dilara Findikoglu, models looked like ladies in waiting that had risen from the dead; wearing antiquated corsetry that was dirtied and torn.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The piece was enough to identify the prehistoric animal as a species of pterosaur, flying reptiles that ranged in size from modern-day birds to small airplanes.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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The titular robotic dinosaurs are machines piloted by humans who, in the new series, must defend Earth from a monstrous alien invasion trying to resurrect its prehistoric army.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was arrested and charged with capital murder.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2025
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That Tamra and Gretchen are both doing the same thing, trafficking in old rumors and nastiness not about the husband, as Meredith Marks would say, but about each other.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Because some of the paintings depict a person drumming with their hands, researchers suggest the neolithic people practiced rituals in these areas.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
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At sunrise this morning, about 15,000 people gathered at Stonehenge — the world’s most famous neolithic monument — to mark the arrival of astronomical winter in the Northern Hemisphere.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The Denisovans are an extinct subspecies of archaic humans, which were discovered in 2010 after researchers found a fossilized finger in the Denisova Cave in Siberia.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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The piece similarly matches the species Albadraco tharmisensis, the size of which was determined based on fossilized vertebrae, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The piece filled both a madrasa and a caravanserai, placing ancient craft next to modern technology.—
Dada Jovanovic,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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But those who study the stars say this is a fact long known by ancient astronomers, and the disconnect is essentially an intentional feature of the zodiac, not a bug.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Medieval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medieval. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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