Wodehouse

[wood-hous]

noun

1. Sir P(elham) G(renville) 1881–1975, U.S. novelist and humorist, born in England.

Wodehouse

/ ˈwʊdˌhaʊs /

noun

1. Sir P ( elham ) G ( renville ). 1881–1975, US author, born in England. His humorous novels of upper-class life in England include the Psmith and Jeeves series

Other Word Forms

• Wodehousian adjective

Example Sentences

If you’ve never read Wodehouse, I envy you the pleasure of discovering him for the first time.

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The 13 most essential L.A. works of short fiction, from a Little Tokyo proto-noir to Fitzgerald, Wodehouse, Bradbury and generations of Chicano pioneers.

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Other highlights include rare and first editions of books by Agatha Christie, PG Wodehouse and James Joyce.

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Wodehouse put it in “My Man Jeeves,” if people don’t sometimes yield to them?

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Wodehouse’s every sentence, my very favorite comic novels are Jerome K. Jerome’s high-spirited “Three Men in a Boat” and the scathing portrait of an unconscious religious hypocrite, H.H.

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