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Victwardian

Victwardian adjective: pertaining to, or characteristic or reminiscent of, the Victorian and Edwardian periods (1837–1910).

Adjective

Victwardian (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or characteristic or reminiscent of, the Victorian and Edwardian periods (1837–1910)
    • an amateur method of do-it-yourself exterior house-painting, developed out of military camouflage, whose purpose is, precisely, camouflage: to disguise the silhouettes of Victwardian buildings, to break up the outlines of their structure or pseudo-structureDavid Vichnar (2013), The Avant-Postman: James Joyce, the Avant-Garde & Postmodernism, Prague: Charles University, page 42
    • The present inflation of Catullus into a sort of major poet is no doubt in great part due to Victwardian scholars and their naïve biographical impromptus on the juvenile infatuation the poems record for “Lesbia,” whose real name (a writer 200 years after the event assures us) was Clodia.Steven Moore, editor (2017), “Quis Haec Potest Perferre? Qui Possit Pati”, in On the Decay of Criticism: The Complete Essays of W. M. Spackman, Fantagraphics, →ISBN, page 197
    Synonyms:
    Belle Époque

Examples of Victwardian in a sentence

  • Elsewhere there are Victwardian street lamps, cute signs shaped like miniature Belvedere towers, and fanciful strings of lights.1993, Catherine Ormell, “Perspective: Sculpture at Chelsea Harbour”, in World Architecture, number 24, →ISSN, page 91:
  • They also enjoyed that quintessential Victwardian (to coin a phrase) holiday treat: riding donkeys over the sands of Tynemouth.2014 June, William Gaul, “The Atkinsons At Home”, in Joburg Heritage Journal, volume 1, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2013:

Synonyms of Victwardian

Origin of Victwardian

* Blend of Victorian + Edwardian. Compare Jacobethan.

Questions about Victwardian

What does Victwardian mean?
Victwardian means pertaining to, or characteristic or reminiscent of, the Victorian and Edwardian periods (1837–1910).
How do you use Victwardian in a sentence?
Elsewhere there are Victwardian street lamps, cute signs shaped like miniature Belvedere towers, and fanciful strings of lights.
What part of speech is Victwardian?
Victwardian is an adjective.

Words near Victwardian in the dictionary

  1. victualling-offices
  2. victualls
  3. victualry
  4. victuals
  5. Victuuri
  6. Victwardian
  7. vicugna
  8. vicugnas
  9. vicuna
  10. vicunas
  11. vicus

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