Lady Bracknell
/ˌleɪdi ˈbræknl/
/ˌleɪdi ˈbræknl/
- a character in Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest. She is a severe upper-class Englishwoman who speaks some of Wilde's most humorous lines. Jack, the main character, is in love with her daughter.“To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”