Beerbohm

American  

[beer-bohm] / ˈbɪər boʊm /

noun

1. Sir Max, 1872–1956, English essayist, critic, and caricaturist.

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Beerbohm British  

/ ˈbɪəbəʊm /

noun

1. Sir ( Henry ) Max ( imilian ). 1872–1956, English critic, wit, and caricaturist, whose works include Zuleika Dobson (1911), a satire on Oxford undergraduates

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Example Sentences

A pugnacious character on the comic book scene for nearly 30 years, Mr. Beerbohm once summed up his career as “a hobby that got way out of hand.”

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024

Admittedly, the “Macbeth” prohibition has its origins in nonsense, as an invention of the 19th-century critic and essayist Max Beerbohm.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022

Max Beerbohm composed a cheeky poem about court life: “The King is duller than the Queen … the Queen is duller than the King.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022

The lead was played by the marvelously named Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, an English stage actor known for playing Shakespearean roles with the mannered bombast common to Victorian productions.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2015

There was no Max Beerbohm in his day to appreciate his polish and talents and to pity his wife for playing her tragedy in tights.

From George Cruikshank by Chesson, W. H.