Wodehousian
/wʊdˈhaʊsi.ən/
Wodehousian adjective: of or pertaining to P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975), English writer and humorist known for his eccentric half-witted characters and excellent prose.
Adjective
Wodehousian (comparative more Wodehousian, superlative most Wodehousian)
- Of or pertaining to P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975), English writer and humorist known for his eccentric half-witted characters and excellent prose.
- Wodehousian farce, like all other kinds of farce — like most comedy, for that matter — nurses a deep suspicion that the ability to reason is an overrated gift, and what counts in farce is not originality of meaning but freshness of image.1998, Edward L. Galligan, The Truth of Uncertainty, University of Missouri Press, →ISBN, page 163
- Wigs on the Green, originally published in 1935, is Nancy Mitford's third novel. Like its predecessors, it is a light, accomplished comedy of manners, complete with Wodehousian conventions of a rich heiress, rivals in love, legacies from an aunt, broken engagements, assumed identities and a happy...2010, Charlotte Mosley, “Introduction”, in Wigs on the Green, →ISBN
Examples of Wodehousian in a sentence
- Translating a Cornish village during the Napoleonic wars to a vaguely Wodehousian 1920s ambience provides a bit of incidental fun […]2010 February 1, Rupert Christiansen, “Opera North's Ruddigore, review”, in Daily Telegraph:
- The Wodehousian way is the ability to effortlessly expand characters, trivialities and plots and exaggerate the mundane to great comic or catastrophic effect.2015 August 4, Delshad Irani, “Jeeves@100: Here's how PG Wodehouse influences Indian copy writing”, in Economic Times:
Forms of Wodehousian
| comparative | more Wodehousian |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Wodehousian |
| alternative form | Wodehousean |
Origin of Wodehousian
From Wodehouse + -ian.
Questions about Wodehousian
- What does Wodehousian mean?
- Wodehousian means of or pertaining to P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975), English writer and humorist known for his eccentric half-witted characters and excellent prose.
- How do you use Wodehousian in a sentence?
- Translating a Cornish village during the Napoleonic wars to a vaguely Wodehousian 1920s ambience provides a bit of incidental fun […]
- What part of speech is Wodehousian?
- Wodehousian is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Wodehousian?
- Wodehousian is pronounced /wʊdˈhaʊsi.ən/.
Words near Wodehousian in the dictionary
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