MID-VICTORIAN


Meaning of MID-VICTORIAN in English

I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective

Usage: often capitalized M & usually capitalized V

Etymology: mid (III) + Victorian

1. : of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle period of the reign (1837-1901) of Queen Victoria

mid-Victorian furniture

2.

a. : like one of the mid-Victorian period — often used disparagingly

has a mid-Victorian taste in art

and in this use usually stronger than Victorian

b. : old-fashioned , antiquated

your attitude is mid-Victorian

II. noun

Usage: often capitalized M & capitalized V

1. : one belonging to the mid-Victorian period

2. : one having the moral or aesthetic standards characteristic or supposedly characteristic of the mid-Victorian period

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