mid-Victorian

[ mid-vik-tawr-ee-uhn, -tohr- ]

/ ˈmɪd vɪkˈtɔr i ən, -ˈtoʊr- /

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adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle portion (about 1850 to 1890) of the reign of Queen Victoria (reigned 1837–1901) in England: mid-Victorian writers.

noun

a person, as a writer, belonging to the mid-Victorian time.

a person of mid-Victorian tastes, standards, ideas, etc.

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Origin of mid-Victorian

First recorded in 1900–05

OTHER WORDS FROM mid-Victorian

mid-Vic·to·ri·an·ism, noun

Words nearby mid-Victorian

Midsummer's Day, mid-teen, midterm, midtown, Midvale, mid-Victorian, midwall column, midwatch, midway, Midway Island, Battle of, Midway Islands

How to use mid-Victorian in a sentence

In the mid-afternoon, Ramos and Liu were parked on Tomkins Avenue on a meal break.
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But with the outbreak of hostilities in mid-2011, all festivities were thrust into the deep freeze.
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Think of the embarrassing subway platform or mid-office “adjustment” debacles you could avoid!
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The Industrial Revolution and Victorian practically erased the holiday in England.
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And Asians also showed a shift toward the GOP in the mid-terms.
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We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
So they often occured mid-paragraph; here they have been moved to a more appropriate place.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Monsieur Farival thought that Victor should have been taken out in mid-ocean in his earliest youth and drowned.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
While she flitted into the next room to fetch a stamp, Mrs. Haughstone, her needles arrested in mid-air, looked steadily at Tom.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
It was a room without beauty, merely walls, repapered once every twenty years, and furniture of the mid-Victorian era.
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British Dictionary definitions for mid-Victorian

mid-Victorian

adjective

British history of or relating to the middle period of the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901)

noun

a person of the mid-Victorian era

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