Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gilbertian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gilber-tian
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to, or in the style of the dramatist and librettist W. S. Gilbert; ludicrously comic

Example Sentences

"Whatever the pressures that have invoked the Minister's diktat, the outcome is Gilbertian."

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French Gislebertder. English Gilbert Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Gilbertian From Gilbert + -ian.

Inflected Forms

more Gilbertian (comparative) most Gilbertian (superlative)

Derived Forms

Gilbertianism

Questions

What does gilbertian mean?: Pertaining to, or in the style of the dramatist and librettist W. S. Gilbert; ludicrously comic
Where does gilbertian come from?: Etymology tree Old French Gislebertder. English Gilbert Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Gilbertian From Gilbert + -ian.

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