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Gilbertian   Listen
adjective
Gilbertian  adj.  
1.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert; as, Gilbertian libretti.
2.
Wildly comic and improbable, as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas; as, Gilbertian coincidences. "a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings."





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"Gilbertian" Quotes from Famous Books



... has been approached, nor has the opera, so far as my information goes, ever been given with the same Gilbertian verve and swing. The subsequent performance of "The Mikado" by the authorized company, seen throughout the United States, seemed by comparison ...
— Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions - Vol. I • Slason Thompson


Words linked to "Gilbertian" :   gilbert, humorous, humourous


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