Gilbertian

English

Etymology

Gilbert +‎ -ian

Adjective

Gilbertian (comparative more Gilbertian, superlative most Gilbertian)

  1. Pertaining to, or in the style of the dramatist and librettist W. S. Gilbert; ludicrously comic
    • 1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291:
      Whatever the pressures that have invoked the Minister's diktat, the outcome is Gilbertian.

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