Mencken

[ meng-kuh n ]

/ ˈmɛŋ kən /

noun

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

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Menc·ke·ni·an

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

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It means Paine, Thoreau, Emerson, Chesterton, Mencken, Orwell.

The Incredibly Stupid War on the Common Core |Charles Upton Sahm |April 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Mencken, p. 10, it would appear that a third volume, containing translations of some MSS.

Bibliomania; or Book-Madness |Thomas Frognall Dibdin
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

Mencken, p. 10, it is thus loftily described: "Catalogus per-rarus rarissimis libris superbiens."

Bibliomania; or Book-Madness |Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Mencken, who delivered a discourse De Campani odio in Germanos.

The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy |Jacob Burckhardt

British Dictionary definitions for mencken

Mencken

/ (ˈmɛŋkən) /

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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