Meaning
Victorian
- Relating to the reign of Queen Victoria or the 19th-century Victorian era
- Prudish, overly moralistic, or rigid (figurative)
In a sentence
Abbiamo visitato una splendida villa vittoriana a Londra.
We visited a splendid Victorian villa in London.
La morale vittoriana imponeva regole sociali molto rigide.
Victorian morality imposed very rigid social rules.
Questo romanzo riproduce fedelmente l'atmosfera dell'età vittoriana.
This novel faithfully reproduces the atmosphere of the Victorian age.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| vittoriano | masculine · singular |
| vittoriana | feminine · singular |
| vittoriani | masculine · plural |
| vittoriane | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Like other historical adjectives, it is written with a lowercase initial letter.