mid-Victorian
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-Victorianism
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a word derived from
mid-Victorian.
Example Sentences
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She was a relic perfectly preserved, he reflected, of mid-Victorianism.
From Out of the Air by Inez Haynes Gillmore
Maggie, who knew nothing of mid-Victorianism, was silent.
From The Captives by Sir Hugh Walpole
He did not realise that it originated in a reaction from early-Victorianism and mid-Victorianism.
From Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Margot Asquith
"The essence of mid-Victorianism at its very best."
From The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster by Harold Begbie
If she could have exiled me to mid-Victorianism she would.
From Old Crow by Alice Brown
