Defn: One of the sonant mutes b, d, g (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, p, t, k (p, t, k), and the aspiratæ (aspirates) f, th, x (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute.
MEDIACY
Me"di*a*cy, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being mediate. Sir W. Hamilton.
MEDIAEVAL
Me`di*æ"val, a. Etym: [L. medius middle + aevum age. See Middle, and
Age.]
Defn: Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, mediæval architecture.
[Written also medieval.]
MEDIAEVALISM
Me`di*æ"val*ism, n.
Defn: The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to the institutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the Middle Ages. [Written also medievalism.]
MEDIAEVALIST
Me`di*æ"val*ist, n.
Defn: One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history of the
Middle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the Middle
Ages. [Written also medievalist.]
MEDIAEVALLY
Me`di*æ"val*ly, adv.