menckenian

menckenian
I. \(ˈ)meŋ|kēnēən, -en|-\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: H. L. Mencken + English -ian
: of, relating to, resembling, or suggestive of the journalist Mencken or his writings : critical of philistinism and shams and generally iconoclastic in point of view

when he attacks congressmen, he is very Menckenian — Saul Bellow

the writing is so Menckenian in style that it is sometimes embarrassing — Charles Angoff

free of the engaging Menckenian slapstick — Newsweek

II. noun (-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
: a disciple or imitator of the journalist Mencken

the literary world was full of Menckenians — J.T.Farrell


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  • Menckenian — adjective see Mencken …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Menckenian — See Mencken, Henry Louis. * * * …   Universalium

  • Menckenian — adjective Of or pertaining to (1880–1956), influential American writer and critic …   Wiktionary

  • menckenian — menc·ke·ni·an …   English syllables

  • Mencken — Menckenian /meng kee nee euhn/, adj., n. /meng keuhn/, n. H(enry) L(ouis), 1880 1956, U.S. writer, editor, and critic. * * * …   Universalium

  • Mencken — biographical name H(enry) L(ouis) 1880 1956 American editor • Menckenian adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Menck|e|ni|an — «mehng KEE nee uhn», adjective, noun. –adj. of, having to do with, or characteristic of the American author, journalist, and critic H. L. Mencken (1880 1956) or his writings; sharply critical of existing institutions; iconoclastic: »Menckenian… …   Useful english dictionary

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