Hofmann

[ hof-muhn; German, Polish hawf-mahn ]

noun

1. Au·gust Wil·helm von [ou, -g, oo, st , vil, -helm f, uh, n], 1818–92, German chemist.
2. Hans, 1880–1966, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
3. Jo·sef (Cas·i·mir) [joh, -z, uh, f , kaz, -, uh, -mir], 1876–1957, U.S. pianist and composer, born in Poland.

Hofmann

/ ˈhɒfmən /

noun

1. HofmannHans18801966MUSGermanARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Hans. 1880–1966, US painter, born in Germany: a pioneer of the abstract expressionist style

Example Sentences

Hofmann conducted one of the most widely cited literature reviews on its efficacy.

From Time

Ardent theatergoers pounced on tickets as soon as they went on sale — Hofmann calls them the “ready-to-goes” — but many people are proceeding more cautiously.

From Washington Post

Hofmann was the inventor of LSD and turned Junger onto it in 1951.

From The Daily Beast

After serving in two world wars and entering middle age, he moved to Switzerland and befriended a chemist named Albert Hofmann.

From The Daily Beast

Josef Hofmann has a wonderful hand for the piano; rather small, yes, but so thick and muscular.

From Project Gutenberg

Mme. Carreño has that kind of wrist; she never had difficulty with octaves, they are perfect, Hofmann also has a marvelous wrist.

From Project Gutenberg

In later years the same impulse has come when listening to Paderewski, Hofmann and others.

From Project Gutenberg

I want at this point merely to call attention to a single well-known case, recorded by Hofmann.

From Project Gutenberg

So the words are taken by Meyer, Hofmann, Schmiedel, and others.

From Project Gutenberg