'Gilbertian' definitions:
Definition of 'Gilbertian'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert; "Gilbertian libretti"
adjective
Wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas; "a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings"- T.C.Worsley
Definition of 'Gilbertian'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Gilbertian'
From: GCIDE
- humourous \humourous\ adj. same as humorous; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower terms: {bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek, witty ; {boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish, zany}; {comic, comical, funny, laughable, risible ; {droll, waggish ; {dry, ironic, ironical, pawky, wry ; {farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous ; {Gilbertian ; {hilarious, uproarious ; jesting, jocose, jocular, jocund, joking; {merry, mirthful}; {seriocomic, seriocomical ; {tragicomic, tragicomical ; killing, sidesplitting] Also See: pleasing.
- Syn: humorous. [WordNet 1.5]