Definition of Gilbertian

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert. "Gilbertian libretti"

Partainyms: Gilbert
Derivative terms: Gilbert

2. Adjective. Wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas. "A Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings"
Similar to: Humorous, Humourous

Definition of Gilbertian

1. Adjective. Pertaining to, or in the style of the dramatist and librettist W. S. Gilbert; ludicrously comic ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gilbertian

Gila Desert
Gila River
Gila monster
Gila monsters
Gilaki
Gilbert
Gilbert's syndrome
Gilbert Charles Stuart
Gilbert Islands
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Gilbert Murray
Gilbert Stuart
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbertese
Gilbertian (current term)
Gilchrist's disease
Gilchrist's mycosis
Gilead
Giles
Giles Lytton Strachey
Gilgal
Gilgamesh
Gilgamish
Gilgit
Gilham
Gillam
Gillard
Gillatt

Literary usage of Gilbertian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gilbert and Sullivan and Their Operas: With Recollections and Anecdotes of D by François Cellier, Cunningham Bridgeman (1914)
"... visits to Africa—Henry A. Lytton—Gilbertian actor of many parts—Touring—Its bright and its dark side—Company snowed up—Leicester ..."

2. Modern Argentina, the El Dorado of To-day: With Notes on Uruguay and Chile by William Henry Koebel (1907)
"... of the necessity of temporising—Destruction involved by the struggle—Gilbertian officers—Criminals and the law—Some instances of legal procedure. ..."

3. The Savoy opera and the Savoyards by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (1894)
"This humour is specially ' Gilbertian.' There is something grotesque in this exuberant praise of the Sally Lunn and bun which would bring a rueful smile to ..."

4. Pages from an Adventurous Life by Joyce Emmerson Muddock (1907)
"... and am mainly instrumental in getting the improvements carried out — I settle in the south of France — My friend the Prince—A Gilbertian situation—An ..."

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