Mencken

[meng-kuh n]

noun

H(enry) L(ouis),1880–1956, U.S. writer, editor, and critic.

Related formsMenc·ke·ni·an

[meng-kee-nee-uh n] /mɛŋˈki ni ən/, adjective, noun

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Examples from the Web for mencken

Contemporary Examples of mencken

It means Paine, Thoreau, Emerson, Chesterton, Mencken, Orwell.
The Incredibly Stupid War on the Common Core
Charles Upton Sahm
April 21, 2014

Historical Examples of mencken

Mencken, who delivered a discourse De Campani odio in Germanos.
The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy
Jacob Burckhardt
Ten years ago the name of Mencken would have stood against the world.
Nonsenseorship
G. G. Putnam and Others
You are, let us say, the very epitome of the man Mr. Mencken and Mr. Lewis tell us about so charmingly.
Gladiator
Philip Wylie
It has been twice edited, by Mencken and by Riedel; both editions are said to be inaccurate.
The Grey Friars in Oxford
Andrew G. Little
Mr. Mencken explains why the use of "sick" for "ill" is taboo in England, except among the very youngest Realists.
Confessions of a Book-Lover
Maurice Francis Egan

British Dictionary definitions for mencken

Mencken

noun

H (enry) L (ouis). 1880–1956, US journalist and literary critic, noted for The American Language (1919): editor of the Smart Set and the American Mercury, which he founded (1924)

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