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gilbertian
(encz) | Gilbertian, adj: |
Gilbertian
(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] |
gilbertian
(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 |
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gilbertian
(encz) | Gilbertian, adj: |
Gilbertian
(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.
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gilbertian
(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 |
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