GIlbertian [gil'bә:tiәn]
adj.
吉柏特派的, 诙谐的
gilbertian[ adj ]- of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert
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Gilbertian libretti
- wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas
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a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings
Gilbertian \Gilbertian\ prop. a.
1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the style of
William S. Gilbert; as, Gilbertian libretti.
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2. Wildly comic and improbable, as in Gilbert and Sullivan
operas; as, Gilbertian coincidences.
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a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and
changelings. --T. C.
Worsley
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humourous \humourous\ adj.
same as {humorous}; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower
terms: {bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek, witty ;
{boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish,
zany}; {comic, comical, funny, laughable, risible ; {droll,
waggish ; {dry, ironic, ironical, pawky, wry ; {farcical,
ludicrous, ridiculous ; {Gilbertian ; {hilarious, uproarious
; {jesting, jocose, jocular, jocund, joking}; {merry,
mirthful}; {seriocomic, seriocomical ; {tragicomic,
tragicomical ; {killing, sidesplitting}] Also See:
{pleasing}.
Syn: humorous.
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