gilbertian

2 definitions found

gilbertian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gilbertian \Gilbertian\ prop. a.
     1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the style of
        William S. Gilbert; as, Gilbertian libretti.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Wildly comic and improbable, as in Gilbert and Sullivan
        operas; as, Gilbertian coincidences.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
              a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and
              changelings.                          --T. C.
                                                    Worsley
        [WordNet 1.5]

gilbertian - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Gilbertian
      adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of
             William S. Gilbert; "Gilbertian libretti"
      2: wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan
         operas; "a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and
         changelings"- T.C.Worsley