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Victorian

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/vɪkˈtɔːriən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/vɪkˈtɔriən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(vik tôr′ē ən, -tōr′-)

Vic•to•ri•an /vɪkˈtɔriən/USA pronunciation adj.

World Historyof or relating to Queen Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, or to her reign, from 1837 to 1901:Victorian poets.
World Historyhaving characteristics thought of as being common in this time, as prudishness or hypocrisy.
Architectureof or relating to a style of architecture, furniture, and decoration common between 1840 and 1900, reflecting massive size and lavish decoration and ornamentation.

n. [countable]

World Historya person of the Victorian period.

Vic•to•ri•an•ism, n. [uncountable]

Vic•to•ri•an (vik tôr′ē ən, -tōr′-),USA pronunciation adj.

World Historyof or pertaining to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign:Victorian poets.
World Historyhaving the characteristics usually attributed to the Victorians, esp. prudishness and observance of the conventionalities.
Architecture
- Architecturenoting 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.
- Architecturenoting or pertaining to the massive, elaborate work characteristic esp. 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.

World Historya person who lived during the Victorian period.
Architecturea house in or imitative of the Victorian style.

Victori(a) + -an 1870–75

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Victorian /vɪkˈtɔːrɪən/ adj

of, relating to, or characteristic of Queen Victoria or the period of her reign
exhibiting the characteristics popularly attributed to the Victorians, esp prudery, bigotry, or hypocrisy
Compare Victorian values
denoting, relating to, or having the style of architecture used in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria, characterized by massive construction and elaborate ornamentation
of or relating to Victoria (the state or any of the cities)

a person who lived during the reign of Queen Victoria
an inhabitant of Victoria (the state or any of the cities)

Vicˈtorianˌism n

'Victorian' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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Synonyms: early Victorian, mid-Victorian, late Victorian, nineteenth-century, stuffy, more...

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