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Gilbertian

gil·ber·tian

uncommon

adjective

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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Origin

From Gilbert + -ian.

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