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gilbertian
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective gilbertian has 2 senses
- gilbertian(a = adj.pert) Array - of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert; "Gilbertian libretti" Derived form noun gilbert2
- gilbertian(s = adj.all) Array - wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas; "a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings"
CIDE DICTIONARY
gilbertian, prop. a.
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the style of
William S. Gilbert ; as, Gilbertian libretti. [WordNet 1.5] - Wildly comic and improbable, as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas; as, Gilbertian coincidences. [WordNet 1.5]"a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings." [WordNet 1.5]
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