middleagism

English

Etymology

From Middle Ag(es) +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪdl̩ˈeɪd͡ʒɪzm/

Noun

middleagism (uncountable)

1. (nonce word) Synonym of medievalism (“medieval styles of art”)
   • 1840, Thackeray, Pict. Rhapsody, in Wks. 1900, volume XIII, page 348:

     May we add a humble wish that this excellent painter will…not busy himself with Gothicism, middleagism?

Further reading

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Middlea·geism”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 2 (M–N), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 421, column 2.