middleagism

English

Etymology

Middle Ag(es) +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪdl̩ˈeɪd͡ʒɪzm/

Noun

middleagism (uncountable)

(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), volumes VI, Part 2 (M–N), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 421, column 2.

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