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Gilbertian

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prop. a.1.Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert; as, Gilbertian libretti.
2.Wildly comic and improbable, as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas; as, Gilbertian coincidences.
a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings.
- T. C. Worsley
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Adj.1.Gilbertian - of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert; "Gilbertian libretti"
2.Gilbertian - wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas; "a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings"- T.C.Worsley
humorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"


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