Definition of Seussian
chiefly US
: of, relating to, or suggestive of the works of Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel);
especially
: having a playfully inventive or outlandish quality typical or reminiscent of the words and images found in children's stories like The Cat in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Seussian rhymes
- an elaborate, Seussian contraption
- … a fantastical landscape with Seussian trees and surprising, pleasing tiny details …
- —Kirkus Reviews
- Their ships … were dragged out of the water and into the muddy streets, where they found brash new lives as hotels and jailhouses—weird Dr. Seussian hybrids of vessel and building …
- —Armistead Maupin
