Gilbertian

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adjective

Pertaining to, or in the style of the dramatist and librettist W. S. Gilbert; ludicrously comic

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OriginEnglish Gilbert ← Old French Gislebert →
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Meanings

adjectiveGilbertian (comparative more Gilbertian, superlative most Gilbertian)

comparative more Gilbertian · superlative most Gilbertian

  1. Pertaining to, or in the style of the dramatist and librettist W. S. Gilbert; ludicrously comic

    Whatever the pressures that have invoked the Minister's diktat, the outcome is Gilbertian.

    1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivewildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas

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humoroushumourous

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old FrenchGislebert
  2. EnglishGilbert
  3. EnglishGilbertian

From Gilbert + -ian.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

liberatingantigerbil
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APA

Gilbertian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gilbertian

MLA

“Gilbertian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gilbertian. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gilbertian,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gilbertian.

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