Victorianness
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]Victorianness (uncountable)
- The fact or quality of being Victorian.
- 1983, Angela Carter, “Sugar Daddy”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 33:
- Nevertheless, his Victorianness, for want of a better word, means he feels duty bound to come the heavy father, from time to time, always with a histrionic overemphasis: ‘You just watch out for yourself, that's all.’