ADJECTIVE
-
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert
Gilbertian libretti -
wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas
a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings
How To Use Gilbertian In A Sentence
- Swift had visited the Royal Society where he would have seen the Gilbertian terrella described in the catalogue as “an orbicular loadstone, about four inches and 1/2 in Diameter.” COSMIC VOYAGES
- Gilbertian libretti
- The only Gilbertian aspect of this affair is the sight of you, going round in circles. GOTHIC PURSUIT
- a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings
