I. (ˈ)meŋ|kēnēən, -en|- adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: H. L. Mencken + English -ian
: 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
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
: a disciple or imitator of the journalist Mencken
the literary world was full of Menckenians — J.T.Farrell