Victorian
adjective
of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign.
pseudo-Victorian
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a word derived from
Victorian.
Example Sentences
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The musical originated as a one-act divertissement commissioned by the Players’ Theatre in London, intended mostly “to relieve the monotony of pseudo-Victorian cabaret,” Tynan once wrote.
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