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

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

More than 1,000 pigs have died following a fire at a farmyard building on the Gorey Road in Dungannon, County Tyrone.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2024

But the paperback, with illustrations by Edward Gorey, promptly went out of print.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

Gorey was also single, living by herself in an apartment in Buffalo, and making ends meet with a stressful day job and side gig as a yoga instructor.

From Washington Post • May 8, 2022

Mam is gone when I wake but there’s movement in the room and it’s the priest, Father Gorey, from the Confraternity saying Mass at a table in the corner.

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