Adjective: victorian vik'to-ree-un- Exaggeratedly proper
"my victorian Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"; - priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed [archaic], straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, bluenosed [US, informal], uptight [informal] Adjective: Victorian vik'to-ree-un- Of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled
"Victorian morals" - Typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria
Noun: Victorian vik'to-ree-un- A person who lived during the reign of Queen Victoria
- [Austral] Someone from the Australian state of Victoria
- [Austral] Relating to the Australian state of Victoria
Derived forms: Victorians See also: nonmodern, proper Type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul Encyclopedia: Victorian, Saint |