Antedating of "Medieval"

[Charles C Doyle]

Or, as my students occasionally spell it, "midevil"--you know, the evil that predominated between classical times and the Renaissance.

--Charlie

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medieval (OED3 1827)

1821 _Gentleman's Magazine_ Nov. 426 (British Periodicals)  Now the temporary Roman munitions consisted of mere earth-work or wood-work, but the question here is, was there such a thing as a work resembling a mediaeval castle?


Fred Shapiro

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