mencken

English - Turkish

Definition of mencken in English Turkish dictionary

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devout

dindar

Tom son derece dindardı. - Tom was extremely devout.

Tom mucizelere inanan bir dindar bir hristiyandı. - Tom was a devout Christian who believed in miracles.

devout

{s} dindar, dini bütün, mütedeyyin

devout

samimi/dindar

devout

devoutness dindarlık

devout

yürekten

devout

mütedeyyin

devout

samimi

devout

içten

devout

{s} istekli

devout

{s} ciddi

devout

devoutly imanla

devout

{s} sadık

English - English

Definition of mencken in English English dictionary

United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956)

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H L Mencken

born Sept. 12, 1880, Baltimore, Md., U.S. died Jan. 29, 1956, Baltimore U.S. controversialist, humorous journalist, and critic. Mencken worked on the staff of the Baltimore Sun for much of his life. With George Jean Nathan (1882-1958), he coedited The Smart Set (1914-23) and cofounded and edited (1924-33) the American Mercury, both important literary magazines. Probably the most influential U.S. literary critic in the 1920s, he often used criticism to jeer at the nation's social and cultural weaknesses. Prejudices (1919-27) collects many of his reviews and essays. In The American Language (1919; supplements 1945, 1948) he brought together American expressions and idioms; by the time of his death he was perhaps the leading authority on the language of the U.S

Henry Louis Mencken

born Sept. 12, 1880, Baltimore, Md., U.S. died Jan. 29, 1956, Baltimore U.S. controversialist, humorous journalist, and critic. Mencken worked on the staff of the Baltimore Sun for much of his life. With George Jean Nathan (1882-1958), he coedited The Smart Set (1914-23) and cofounded and edited (1924-33) the American Mercury, both important literary magazines. Probably the most influential U.S. literary critic in the 1920s, he often used criticism to jeer at the nation's social and cultural weaknesses. Prejudices (1919-27) collects many of his reviews and essays. In The American Language (1919; supplements 1945, 1948) he brought together American expressions and idioms; by the time of his death he was perhaps the leading authority on the language of the U.S

Hyphenation

Menck·en

Turkish pronunciation

mengkın

Pronunciation

/ˈmeɴɢkən/ /ˈmɛŋkən/