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Wilde
[wahyld]
noun
Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills) Sebastian Melmoth, 1854–1900, Irish poet, dramatist, novelist, essayist, and critic.
Wilde
/ ɲɪ /
noun
Oscar ( Fingal O'Flahertie Wills ). 1854–1900, Irish writer and wit, famous for such plays as Lady Windermere's Fan (1892) and The Importance of being Earnest (1895). The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) is a macabre novel about a hedonist and The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898) relates to his experiences in prison while serving a two-year sentence for homosexuality
Example Sentences
Snook won best leading actress in a play, for performing all 26 roles in a one-woman stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Prof Wilde compares Western governments' responses to the war in Gaza to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
"It's such a brilliant play, Oscar Wilde's most celebrated comedy. I saw the National production and thought it was fantastic, and this opportunity came along and I jumped at the chance."
Sarah Snook is the presumed front-runner in the lead actress in a play race for her solo tour de force in the multimedia extravaganza version of Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”
And yet, as Oscar Wilde put it, even in the worst of circumstances, "some of us are looking at the stars."
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