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VICTORIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who lived during the reign of Victoria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Victorian" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
Victorian (of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria
Classified under:
Similar:
nonmodern (not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Exaggeratedly proper
Example:
my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
Synonyms:
priggish; prim; prissy; prudish; puritanical; square-toed; straight-laced; straightlaced; strait-laced; straitlaced; tight-laced; victorian
Classified under:
Similar:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled
Example:
Victorian morals
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Victoria (queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901))
Victorian age (a period in British history during the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th century; her character and moral standards restored the prestige of the British monarchy but gave the era a prudish reputation)
Derivation:
Victoria (queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901))
Victorian (a person who lived during the reign of Victoria)
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