Victorian
adjective
of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign.
pre-Victorian
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a word derived from
Victorian.
Example Sentences
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He obsesses over pre-Victorian medical terms, with contested meanings, such as “quickening.”
From Slate ● May 5, 2022
"But at the time it was necessary - in pre-Victorian times, they were used as open sewers."
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2015
Assisted by the mostly somber pre-Victorian clothes designed by Nancy Leary, the actors neatly and energetically morph from one individual to another.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2012
Statistical analysis of murder in 19th-century Britain is fraught with difficulties, owing to missing data and vague definitions, and the problems increase in the pre-Victorian era.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2011
The old Victorian and pre-Victorian blague word "petticoat" had been revived in Fred's vocabulary, and in others, as "skirt."
From Ramsey Milholland by Booth Tarkington
