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- [vik-tawr-ee-uh n, -tohr-]
- /vɪkˈtɔr i ən, -ˈtoʊr-/
- /vɪkˈtɔː.ri.ən/
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- [vik-tawr-ee-uh n, -tohr-]
- /vɪkˈtɔr i ən, -ˈtoʊr-/
Definitions of victorian word
- adjective victorian of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets. 1
- adjective victorian having the characteristics usually attributed to the Victorians, especially prudishness and observance of the conventionalities. 1
- adjective 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 victorian a person who lived during the Victorian period. 1
- noun victorian a house in or imitative of the Victorian style. 1
- noun victorian person living in latter 19th century 1
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Origin of victorian
First appearance:
before 1870 One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75; Victori(a) + -an
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Parts of speech for Victorian
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victorian popularity
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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adj victorian
- bluenose — a puritanical or prudish person
- bourgeois — If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle-class people.
- distingue — having an air of distinction; distinguished.
- goody goody — a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
- goody-goody — a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
noun victorian
- goody two shoes — a goody-goody.
- goody two-shoes — goody-goody
- mrs. grundy — Mrs. a narrow-minded, conventional person who is extremely critical of any breach of propriety.
adjective victorian
- humourless — (British spelling, Canadian) alternative spelling of humorless.
- overexact — Too exact; overscrupulous; pedantic.
- quaint — having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque: a quaint old house.
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