单词 | medievalize |
释义 | medievalizev. transitive. To make medieval in character. Occasionally intransitive: to favour medieval ideas or usages. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > historical periods [verb (transitive)] > render medieval, Tudor, or Victorian Gothicize1808 medievalize1854 Victorianize1905 Tudorize1986 1854 J. L. Petit Archit. Stud. France 173 He tries to mediævalize himself and his ideas. 1874 J. Fergusson in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 765 Views opposed to the Paganism of St. Paul's or to the attempt to mediævalize it. 1962 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 34 187/2 In studies of sixteenth-century English literature..the inclination to ‘medievalize’ or to depreciate the mind of the Renaissance has reappeared. 1990 Metrop. Home (London) Dec. 73/2 Her Jack Russells..have been medievalised on Neil Mackay's murals and Lucy Strachan's animal sculptures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1854 |
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