Gorey

American  

[gawr-ee] / ˈgɔr i /

noun

1. Edward (St. John), 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.

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Gorey British  

/ ˈɡɔːrɪ /

noun

1. Edward St John . 1925–2000, US illustrator and author, noted for his bizarre humour in such works as The Unstrung Harp (1953) and The Wuggly Ump (1963)

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Example Sentences

A business owner in Gorey has told the BBC that the cost of eggs she bought had more than doubled over the last three years.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

They all may as well have sprung from the combined neo-gothic conjurings of Edward Gorey and Harold Pinter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

“Markets broadly continue to absorb that central banks’ ‘whatever it takes’ to lower inflation message means much slower global economic growth,” said Tobin Gorey, agriculture strategy director at the Commonwealth Bank in a note.

From Reuters • Sep. 2, 2022

But Edward Gorey is an artist that I’d been looking at since I was very little — 3, 4, 5, 6.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2022

The worst thing of all is a visit from the director of the Confraternity himself, Father Gorey.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt