Victorian

¹Vic·to·ri·an

adj \vik-ˈtȯr-ē-ən\

Definition of VICTORIAN

1

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the reign of Queen Victoria of England or the art, letters, or tastes of her time

2

: typical of the moral standards, attitudes, or conduct of the age of Victoria especially when considered stuffy, prudish, or hypocritical

Examples of VICTORIAN

1. My parents have very Victorian attitudes when it comes to sex.
2. <a conservative Christian sect with a code of sexual morality that is often seen as quaintly Victorian by outsiders>

First Known Use of VICTORIAN

1839

Related to VICTORIAN

Synonyms: bluenosed, nice-nelly, prim, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced

Related Words: priggish, staid, stuffy; genteel, proper, refined; decent, honest, moral, right, righteous, upright, virtuous

Near Antonyms: liberated, permissive; bad, immoral, improper, indecent, lax, lecherous, lickerish, loose, prurient, wicked; skanky [slang], slatternly, sleazy, sluttish, slutty, trampy; debauched, degenerate, degraded, depraved, perverted

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Rhymes with VICTORIAN

aurorean, Azorean, Gregorian, historian, Ivorian, Nestorian, praetorian, stentorian