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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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