19th-century
Steam engine times
Nineteenth-century describes something belonging to or characteristic of the years 1801–1900: 19th-century literature, a 19th-century farmhouse.
The hyphenated form functions as an adjective before a noun.
Without the hyphen, it typically follows: built in the 19th century.
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- NapoleonicOf the French emperor
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- Gilded AgeLate 1800s American prosperity
Meiji · Qing dynasty · British Empire · colonialism · imperialism · Industrial Revolution · abolition · suffrage
Surname of Victorian novelist
- AustenLiterary family name
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
- BrontëLiterary sisters' surname
- HugoScience fiction award
Tolstoy · Melville · Twain · Poe · Balzac · realism · naturalism · serialized
Rule by hereditary elite
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- working classManual laborers collectively
- servantOne employed to serve
- governessPrivate household teacher
gentleman · propriety · etiquette · drawing room · calling card · chaperone · debutante · dowry
Reviving ancient aesthetic principles
- Victorian GothicOrnate 19th-century revival style
- Art NouveauCurvilinear decorative movement, 1890s
- ImpressionismArt movement emphasizing light
- Pre-RaphaeliteVictorian artists emulating earlier masters
Romanticism · ornate · gilded · mahogany · velvet · brocade · wallpaper · gaslight
Thermal vapor motor
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- telegraphElectrical message system
- phonographGrooved disc audio player
- photographyCreating images from light
electricity · gaslight · cotton gin · spinning jenny · steel · dynamite · sewing machine · typewriter
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- NapoleonicOf the French emperor
- antebellumBefore a war's start
Gilded Age · Meiji · Qing dynasty · British Empire · colonialism · imperialism · Industrial Revolution · abolition · suffrage · nationalism
Dickens
Surname of Victorian novelist
- AustenLiterary family name
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
- BrontëLiterary sisters' surname
Tolstoy · Hugo · Melville · Twain · Poe · Balzac · realism · naturalism · serialized · penny dreadful
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- working classManual laborers collectively
- servantOne employed to serve
governess · gentleman · propriety · etiquette · drawing room · calling card · chaperone · debutante · dowry · primogeniture
neoclassical
Reviving ancient aesthetic principles
- Victorian GothicOrnate 19th-century revival style
- Art NouveauCurvilinear decorative movement, 1890s
- ImpressionismArt movement emphasizing light
Pre-Raphaelite · Romanticism · ornate · gilded · mahogany · velvet · brocade · wallpaper · gaslight · chandelier
steam engine
Thermal vapor motor
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- telegraphElectrical message system
- phonographGrooved disc audio player
photography · electricity · gaslight · cotton gin · spinning jenny · steel · dynamite · sewing machine · typewriter · bicycle
19th-century21st-century
Present hundred-year span
modern · contemporary · present-day · futuristic · medieval
19th-centurymodern
Of recent times
high-tech · digital · postindustrial · cutting-edge · state-of-the-art
19th-centurytimeless
Unaffected by eras
eternal · ahistorical · futuristic · forward-looking · avant-garde