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Gilbertian
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English
Etymology
en :af Gilbert -ian + 1
Adjective
Pertaining to, or in the style of the dramatist and librettist W. S. Gilbert; ludicrously comic
en 1964 May News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops Modern Railways 291 Whatever the pressures that have invoked the Minister's diktat, the outcome is Gilbertian.
Derived terms
en Gilbertianism
Anagrams
en abegiilnrt antigerbil liberating
en eponyms