VICTORIAN

Victorian

(adjective) typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria

priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian

(adjective) exaggeratedly proper; “my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn’t approve of my miniskirts”

Victorian

(adjective) of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled; “Victorian morals”

Victorian

(noun) a person who lived during the reign of Victoria

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Vic*to"ri*an, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria of England; as, the Victorian poets. Victorian period. See Dionysian period, under Dyonysian.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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