Menckenian

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adjective

Menc·​ke·​ni·​an (ˈ)meŋ¦kēnēən 

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: 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

Menckenian

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noun

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plural -s

: a disciple or imitator of the journalist Mencken

the literary world was full of Menckenians

—J. T. Farrell

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

H. L. Mencken + English -ian

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