middle ages

Speech parts

1. middle ages - Noun

2. Middle ages - Proper noun

Meaning

the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

dark ages medieval era feudal period age of chivalry feudal era medieval King Arthur Middle-age gothic period medieval england medieval centuries medieval periods medieval universe medieval age gothic phase
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Antonyms

information age digital age Digital Era information era technological period age of media
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Examples

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder. André Maurois

What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books. Sigmund Freud

The trouble with us is that the ghetto of the Middle Ages and the children of the twentieth century have to live under one roof. Anzia Yezierska

I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed. Jerome K. Jerome

In the Middle Ages when people were convinced there were witches they certainly found them. This is a bit risky. Hans Blix

In the Middle Ages people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they took snake oil. Citizens of today's shiny, technological age are too modern for that. They take antioxidants and extract of cactus instead. Charles Krauthammer

Close letter words and terms

middle aged men middle aged people middle aged persons Middle America Middle American middle and high school