Definitions for Gilbertian

Gilbertian Gil·ber·ti·an

Spelling: [gil-bur-tee-uh n]
IPA: /gɪlˈbɜr ti ən/

Gilbertian is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 814 anagrams from letters in Gilbertian (abegiilnrt).

Definitions for Gilbertian

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the style or humor of Sir William S. Gilbert.

Origin of Gilbertian

First recorded in 1875-80; Gilbert + -ian

Examples for Gilbertian

There was something so "Gilbertian" in the idea of a prisoner acting as his own jailer!

When he made "Society" rhyme with "Propriety," he thought he was getting to be Gilbertian.

In the dialogue, however, one comes across an occasional passage which strikes one as quite Gilbertian in its cynicism.

There is a Gilbertian humour in the go-as-you-please style in which prisoners are treated.

This last is on the old lines of "palmy-day" burlesque, and has not much in it that is characteristically Gilbertian.

His plays are full of modern odds and ends, and in form are anything from the Robertsonian comedy to the Gilbertian extravaganza.

The whole position was Gilbertian beyond the wildest dreams of that genius.

The question of toasts, too, and the light in which the university held them, was Gilbertian.

The situation may savour a little of the Gilbertian, but it is sufficiently serious for the families involved.

These complications were getting exceedingly Gilbertian in character.

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