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GILBERTIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gilbertian mean?
• GILBERTIAN (adjective)
The adjective GILBERTIAN has 2 senses:
1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert
2. wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas
Familiarity information: GILBERTIAN used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
Gilbertian libretti
Pertainym:
Gilbert (United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934))
Derivation:
Gilbert (a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas
Context example:
a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings
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