mid-Victorian

[mid-vik-tawr-ee-uh n, -tohr-]

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.

Origin of mid-Victorian

First recorded in 1900–05

Related formsmid-Vic·to·ri·an·ism, noun

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Historical Examples of mid-victorian

The very sight of the Mid-Victorian furniture gave him confidence.
The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley
Louis Tracy
They were square, capable shoulders, with no mid-Victorian droop about them.
The Trail of the Hawk
Sinclair Lewis
In the mid-Victorian red plush of his club, too, he is comfortable.
The Merry-Go-Round
Carl Van Vechten
“Your style always was distinctly mid-Victorian,” Jimmie murmured.
Turn About Eleanor
Ethel M. Kelley
Specimen of mid-Victorian abode—entrance, one shilling, with catalogue.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III.
John Galsworthy

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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