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Adjective: Gilbertian  gil'bur-tee-un
  1. Wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas
    "a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings"
     
  2. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert
    "Gilbertian libretti"

See also: humorous, humourous [Brit, Cdn, non-standard]

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