单词 | early victorian |
释义 | > as lemmasearly Victorian early Victorian adj. and n. (a) n. a person living in the early years of Queen Victoria's reign; (also) a collection of things dating from this time; (b) adj. belonging to or characteristic of this period, its literature, fashions, etc. ΚΠ 1871 Stamp-collector's Mag. 9 133/2 A collector has a large budget of early Victorian, from which he intends to arrange those with the star watermark. 1883 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Nov. 89/2 The late Georgian or early Victorian age. 1896 Lady's Realm Dec. 129/1 I was a youth—in the mahogany age—early Victorian, you know. 1906 Fortn. Rev. Nov. 880 We invite the humour of the gods if we look down on the early Victorians. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 Oct. 15/3 The bonnets..were positively early-Victorian in size, and quite early-Victorian in the dainty pale silk frillings which framed most becomingly the face and the hair. 1966 R. Davies in R. Brown & D. Bennett Anthol. Canad. Lit. in Eng. (1982) I. 644 The period is 1837, and so the characters are the earliest of Early Victorians. 2013 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 17 Apr. 14 The current building dates back to early Victorian times. < as lemmas |
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