Gilbertian

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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