Victorian age
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- noun
- /vɪkˈtɔriən eɪdʒ/
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época victoriana
- Lyell, who was born the year of Hutton's death, at first studied law, but his fascination with geology led him to become the leading geologist of the Victorian age.
- women in the Victorian age
He was an unequivocal white supremacist and a racist, which was he was not unusual, fairly typical, but quite extreme for the Victorian age.
- He was an unequivocal white supremacist and a racist, which was he was not unusual, fairly typical, but quite extreme for the Victorian age.
- So, you know, I, I don't suggest, as I just said, that we're going to revert into some kind of a, you know, a Victorian age of, of careful spending.
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For answers, they turned to science, itself one of the glories of the Victorian age.
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This was the Victorian age, and the idea prevailed that "talent" in music and the other arts was God-given.
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In the Victorian age, women were believed to be too frail to participate in sports.
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But for, for, you're right, in the Victorian age, there's a very strong separation of the genders.
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Stephen Donovan and Matthew Rubery's unique new anthology Secret Commissions, published September 2012, collects nineteen works of investigative journalism from the Victorian age.
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In the Victorian age, women were believed to be too frail to participate in sports.
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By the way, in the Victorian age, it was popular to convey feelings through flowers, especially if saying them out loud would be inappropriate.
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During the Victorian age of exploration, the obsession with Atlantis even extended to British prime ministers.
Synonyms
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The period in Britain when Queen Victoria ruled, 1837 to 1901
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'Victorian' (relating to Queen Victoria's reign) plus 'age' (a historical period), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to that historical period. The adjectival‑noun 'X age' pattern is common cross‑linguistically and follows standard English nominal composition, making the expression immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Victorian age comes from the long 'rule' of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901, so people used her name for that whole time. Because life then had strict manners and a clear style, Victorian age now means that historical 'period' and the strict social ideas of those years.