Victorian style
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- noun
- /vɪkˈtɔriən staɪl/
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estilo victoriano
- Also, the way the desks were arranged in a lot of the photos reflects a typical Victorian style; it's a shame to see this reflected across the globe.
- Victorian style house
- Victorian style hotel
- Victorian style home
You're like, oh, like long hallways on this abandoned, like mansion where it's like dark hallways, Yeah, in this Victorian style.
- You're like, oh, like long hallways on this abandoned, like mansion where it's like dark hallways, Yeah, in this Victorian style.
Examples
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The Austin Suite's cozy bedroom is in the Victorian style house's turret and is dominated by a four-poster bed.
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But fortunately, it was rebuilt in the same Victorian style it had always been.
Fiction book (1996) -
Going to then provide a Victorian style description of my set?
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It's back to Victorian style corseting again.
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The Victorian-style boathouse had been part of a riverfront estate.
Fiction book (1999) -
It was Victorian-style, white shingled, and extremely well-kept.
Fiction book (1998) -
He and his wife lived in a five-room apartment that was in an old Victorian-style house; they had two rooms for people and three for reptiles.
Blog text (9) -
We walked out and immediately stepped onto an escalator that took us to Gate 44, a small square room furnished with a couch and two wing chairs, a Victorian-style coffee table in the center.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Red Cloud died in that house," he pointed out once, when we passed an old, ornate Victorian-style house half-hidden in a dump of pine and willow trees.
Fiction book (1992) -
Niagara-on-the-Lake's Prince of Wales hotel is a luxurious, Victorian style landmark serving an opulent afternoon tea.
Synonyms
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Old decorative objects from the Victorian era that people collect
How Gothic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'Victorian' specifies the historical period or aesthetic and 'style' denotes a manner or design, so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to the aesthetic associated with Queen Victoria's era. This follows a transparent modifier+noun pattern common across languages and contains no idiomatic or metaphorical shift.
Etymology
Victorian style comes from the time of Queen Victoria in the 1800s, when style meant the look of clothes, furniture and rooms that had rich decoration like lace, carved wood and dark colors. So 'Victorian style' today means a rich, ornate look that copies the design from that time.