Gilbertian

English

Etymology

From 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.

Anagrams

• antigerbil, liberating