Victorianness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Victorian +‎ -ness.

Noun[edit]

Victorianness (uncountable)

  1. The fact or quality of being Victorian.
    • 1983, Angela Carter, “Sugar Daddy”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 33:
      Nevertheless, his Victorianness, for want of a better word, means he feels duty bound to come the heavy father, from time to time, always with a histrionic overemphasis: ‘You just watch out for yourself, that's all.’

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