victorian
IPA: vɪktˈɔriʌn
Root Word: Victorian
noun
- A person born in or living in the Victorian period, or exhibiting characteristics of that period.
- An item of furniture from that period.
- (chiefly US, architecture) A house built in the Victorian architectural style.
- A person from the state of Victoria in Australia.
- (Canada) A person from the city of Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, Canada.
adjective
- Of or relating to the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901, or that period.
- Of or relating to the culture or social conditions of that period.
- In a situation of poverty and social injustice; Dickensian.
- (architecture) Of the style of architecture or furnishings of that period.
- (figuratively) Of or displaying the (supposed) ideals or standards of morality of that period; conservative; also, old-fashioned, out-of-date.
- Of, or native or relating to, the state of Victoria in Australia.
- (Canada) Of, or native or relating to, the city of Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, Canada.
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