post-victorian

post-Vic·to·ri·an

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Definitions of post-victorian word

adjective post-victorian of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets. 1
adjective post-victorian having the characteristics usually attributed to the Victorians, especially prudishness and observance of the conventionalities. 1
adjective post-victorian Architecture. noting or pertaining to the architecture, furnishings, and decoration of English-speaking countries between c1840 and c1900, characterized by rapid changes of style as a consequence of aesthetic and philosophical controversy, technological innovations, and changes of fashion, by the frequent presence of ostentatious ornament, and by an overall trend from classicism at the start to romanticism and eclecticism at the middle of the period and thence to classicism again, with attempts at stylistic innovation occurring from time to time. noting or pertaining to the massive, elaborate work characteristic especially of the period c1855–80, derived mainly from the Baroque and Gothic styles and characterized by the presence of heavy carved ornament, elaborate moldings, etc., by the use of strong and generally dark colors, by the frequent use of dark varnished woodwork, by the emphasis on geometrical form rather than on textural effects, and frequently by an effect of harshness. 1
noun post-victorian a person who lived during the Victorian period. 1
noun post-victorian a house in or imitative of the Victorian style. 1

before 1870

One of the 26% newest English words

First recorded in 1870-75; Victori(a) + -an

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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