neo-Victoriann.adj.

Brit.

/ˌniːə(ʊ)vɪkˈtɔːrɪən/, U.S.

/ˈˌnioʊvɪkˈtɔriən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: neo- comb. form, Victorian n.¹

Etymology: < neo- comb. form + Victorian n.¹

A. n.

Originally: a person living in the latter or most recent part of the Victorian period. Later: a person whose values, attitudes, or behaviour hark back to, or are reminiscent or suggestive of, those of the Victorian era.

ΚΠ

1916 A. Bennett These Twain i. viii. 108 Whereas the old Victorians lived in the future.., the neo-Victorians lived careless in the present.

1929 J. Galsworthy Mod. Comedy p. x Such subsidiary neo-Victorians as the self-righteous Mr. Danby.

1986 Times 18 Apr. 14 St John-Stevas is..a neo-Victorian.

2002 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 24 Mar. 8 Whatever the neo-Victorians might say, there is nothing in Blasted to touch the shocking ambiguity and implicit misogyny of Blier's suicide.

B. adj.

Resembling, reviving, or reminiscent of, the Victorian era.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > Victorian

Victorian1839

early Victorian1871

pre-Victorian1887

middle Victorian1896

post-Victorian1912

neo-Victorian1940

1940 R. Graves & A. Hodge Long Week-end xx. 352 The similarity between ‘objets trouvés’..and the neo-Victorian knick-knack collecting habit.

1959 Listener 11 June 1031/2 The neo-Victorian Age is upon us. The Law Courts have become a shrine for the Betjemanites.

1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 Aug. g1 Blackboards..with neo-Victorian frames.

1992 Time 6 Jan. 82/1 The jaunty bits (the eyebrow dormers and the tower) mitigate any neo-Victorian lugubriousness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	neo-victorian
释义	neo-Victoriann.adj. Brit. /ˌniːə(ʊ)vɪkˈtɔːrɪən/, U.S. /ˈˌnioʊvɪkˈtɔriən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: neo- comb. form, Victorian n.¹ Etymology: < neo- comb. form + Victorian n.¹ A. n. Originally: a person living in the latter or most recent part of the Victorian period. Later: a person whose values, attitudes, or behaviour hark back to, or are reminiscent or suggestive of, those of the Victorian era. ΚΠ 1916 A. Bennett These Twain i. viii. 108 Whereas the old Victorians lived in the future.., the neo-Victorians lived careless in the present. 1929 J. Galsworthy Mod. Comedy p. x Such subsidiary neo-Victorians as the self-righteous Mr. Danby. 1986 Times 18 Apr. 14 St John-Stevas is..a neo-Victorian. 2002 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 24 Mar. 8 Whatever the neo-Victorians might say, there is nothing in Blasted to touch the shocking ambiguity and implicit misogyny of Blier's suicide. B. adj. Resembling, reviving, or reminiscent of, the Victorian era. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > Victorian Victorian1839 early Victorian1871 pre-Victorian1887 middle Victorian1896 post-Victorian1912 neo-Victorian1940 1940 R. Graves & A. Hodge Long Week-end xx. 352 The similarity between ‘objets trouvés’..and the neo-Victorian knick-knack collecting habit. 1959 Listener 11 June 1031/2 The neo-Victorian Age is upon us. The Law Courts have become a shrine for the Betjemanites. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 Aug. g1 Blackboards..with neo-Victorian frames. 1992 Time 6 Jan. 82/1 The jaunty bits (the eyebrow dormers and the tower) mitigate any neo-Victorian lugubriousness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1916
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