Wodehouse
noun
Sir P(elham) G(renville) 1881–1975, U.S. novelist and humorist, born in England.
Wodehousian
-
a word derived from
Wodehouse.
Example Sentences
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But their byplay remains rather airless, except for Okonedo, Mackey and Thomas Bateman as Poirot’s hapless, vaguely Wodehousian pal.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
This delightful series applies a Wodehousian sensibility to the exploits of a group of young barristers specializing in tax law, as narrated by their history professor mentor, an individual whose gender is never identified.
From Slate ● May 22, 2020
So to see comic fiction as generally escapist – or generally Wodehousian – is to ignore most comic fiction.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2018
Readers will hear a voice of slightly goofy Wodehousian giddiness; the column becomes a self-portrait of someone glad to discover that—in this restaurant and, perhaps, in life—things have turned out better than expected.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 5, 2016
The Atlantic has described the book as "a Wodehousian excursion that is lighter than air and twice as much fun as laughing gas."
From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Max Millard
