DARK AGE


Meaning of DARK AGE in English

Function: noun

Date: 1640

1 : a time during which a civilization undergoes a decline: as a plural capitalized D&A : the European historical period from about A.D. 476 to about 1000 broadly : MIDDLE AGES b often plural often capitalized D&A : the Greek historical period of three to four centuries from about 1100 B.C.

2 a often plural often capitalized D&A : the primitive period in the development of something <in the dark ages of medicine> b often plural often capitalized D&A : a state of stagnation or decline

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