middleagism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mɪdl̩ˈeɪd͡ʒɪzm/
Etymology
From Middle Ag(es) + -ism.
Meanings
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(nonce-word, uncountable) Synonym of medievalism (“medieval styles of art”).
May we add a humble wish that this excellent painter will…not busy himself with Gothicism, middleagism?
1840, Thackeray, Pict. Rhapsody, in Wks. 1900, volume XIII, page 348: