http://www.wordnik.com/lists/king-gilbert-i-of-savoy.xml The great W.S. Gilbert was <a href="/words/librettist">librettist</a> in the famous Gilbert & Sullivan collaboration, producing fourteen operas altogether. They are rich in wonderful Victorian words and usages and very clever rhymes. 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http://www.wordnik.com/words/doughty http://www.wordnik.com/words/satisfactory Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:29:59 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/satisfactory http://www.wordnik.com/words/caricature Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:48:04 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/caricature http://www.wordnik.com/words/luncheon Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:30:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/luncheon http://www.wordnik.com/words/verisimilitude Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:29:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/verisimilitude http://www.wordnik.com/words/snickersnee Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:28:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/snickersnee http://www.wordnik.com/words/elliptical Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:28:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/elliptical http://www.wordnik.com/words/the happy despatch Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:22:50 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/the happy despatch http://www.wordnik.com/words/condign Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:19:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/condign http://www.wordnik.com/words/pestilential Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:19:06 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pestilential http://www.wordnik.com/words/semi-despondent Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:18:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/semi-despondent http://www.wordnik.com/words/mortified Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:12:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/mortified http://www.wordnik.com/words/nonconnubial Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:11:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/nonconnubial http://www.wordnik.com/words/frolicsome Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:12:02 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/frolicsome http://www.wordnik.com/words/solicitor Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:11:10 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/solicitor http://www.wordnik.com/words/dragoon Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:10:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dragoon http://www.wordnik.com/words/vivisection Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:09:51 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/vivisection http://www.wordnik.com/words/idyll Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:07:10 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/idyll http://www.wordnik.com/words/peripatetical Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:03:40 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/peripatetical http://www.wordnik.com/words/amaranthine Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:01:56 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/amaranthine http://www.wordnik.com/words/excruciatingly Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:57:07 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/excruciatingly http://www.wordnik.com/words/fusible Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:56:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fusible http://www.wordnik.com/words/pipkin Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:55:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pipkin http://www.wordnik.com/words/residuum Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:54:23 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/residuum http://www.wordnik.com/words/aesthetic Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:52:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/aesthetic http://www.wordnik.com/words/marionette Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:52:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/marionette http://www.wordnik.com/words/pent Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:51:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pent 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http://www.wordnik.com/words/capital Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:24:24 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/capital http://www.wordnik.com/words/murderous Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:23:07 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/murderous http://www.wordnik.com/words/defunct Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:22:02 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/defunct http://www.wordnik.com/words/vociferate Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:20:30 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/vociferate http://www.wordnik.com/words/phiz Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:19:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/phiz http://www.wordnik.com/words/rasher Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:17:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/rasher http://www.wordnik.com/words/singularity Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:14:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/singularity http://www.wordnik.com/words/gyrate Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:10:28 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/gyrate http://www.wordnik.com/words/indenture Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:09:40 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/indenture 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