Wiktionary:Word of the day/2022/June 20

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Victorian adj
  1. Of or relating to the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901, or that period.
  2. Of or relating to the culture or social conditions of that period.
    1. In a situation of poverty and social injustice; Dickensian.
    2. (architecture) Of the style of architecture or furnishings of that period.
  3. (figuratively) Of or displaying the (supposed) ideals or standards of morality of that period; conservative; also, old-fashioned, out-of-date.

Victorian n

  1. A person born in or living in the Victorian period, or exhibiting characteristics of that period.
  2. An item of furniture from that period.
  3. (chiefly US, architecture) A house built in the Victorian architectural style. [...]

Queen Victoria ascended to the throne as monarch of the United Kingdom on this day 185 years ago in 1837.

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