Category:Middle English terms by usage

Middle English terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Middle English colloquialisms: Middle English terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Middle English derogatory terms: Middle English terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Middle English dialectal terms: Middle English terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Middle English ecclesiastical terms: Middle English terms used only by religious figures.
• Category:Middle English familiar terms: Middle English terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
• Category:Middle English formal terms: Middle English terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Middle English hapax legomena: Middle English terms that are attested only once in the entire corpus.
• Category:Middle English higher register terms: Middle English terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Middle English nonstandard terms: Middle English terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Middle English terms with obsolete senses: Middle English terms with individual senses that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Middle English obsolete terms: Middle English terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Middle English poetic terms: Middle English terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Middle English polite terms: Middle English polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
• Category:Middle English terms with rare senses: Middle English terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Middle English rare terms: Middle English terms that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Middle English technical terms: Middle English terms that are usually or exclusively used in technical/scientific writing.
• Category:Middle English terms of address: Middle English terms used to refer to another person.
• Category:Middle English terms with historical senses: Middle English terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Middle English terms with uncertain meaning: Middle English terms whose meaning is unknown or disputed.
• Category:Middle English terms with uncommon senses: Middle English terms with individual senses that are in general use but not common.
• Category:Middle English uncommon terms: Middle English terms that are in general use but not common.
• Category:Middle English vulgarities: Middle English terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.