victorian
/vɪkˈtɔ.ɹi.ən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to the culture or social conditions of that period.
adj
Of or relating to the culture or social conditions of that period.
adj
Of or displaying the (supposed) ideals or standards of morality of that period; conservative; also, old-fashioned, out-of-date.
noun
A person born in or living in the Victorian period, or exhibiting characteristics of that period.
Example Sentences
- "From the platforms at Wapping or Rotherhithe you can see the tunnel fleetingly illuminated as the trains approach; it looks so incredibly Victorian that you expect to see Jack the Ripper loitering between the arches."
- "One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination."
- "In some cases, teachers reported being aware of pupils living in "Victorian conditions", of youngsters coming to school with no socks or coat and of more families depending on food banks."
- "I'm not proposing a return to Victorian working conditions, or anything like that, but there are two areas where things need changing."
- "While masturbation was never favored in Judeo-Christian tradition, Victorian morality, along with the Great Awakening and other religious revivals in America, created a perfect storm for people to really get obsessed with it."
- "Unhappily, however, all that remains of Cherhill's claim to an old manor house is a rather cold ungabled building, blue-slated in hard ruled lines, and a porch which might have been transplanted from a late Victorian house."
Etymology
From Victoria + -an (suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns), from the name of Queen Victoria (1819–1901), monarch of the United Kingdom.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Victoriano, Victōriānus
- Suffix: Victoria
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /vɪkˈtɔ.ɹi.ən/
- British English: /vɪkˈtɔː.ɹɪ.ən/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
unVictorian
Victoriana
Victorianised
Victorianized
Victorianise
Victorianize
Victorianism
Victorianist
Victorianly
Victorianness
Victoriental
Victwardian