Beerbohm

American  

[beer-bohm] / ˈbɪər boʊm /

noun

1. Sir Max, 1872–1956, English essayist, critic, and caricaturist.

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Beerbohm British  

/ ˈbɪəbəʊm /

noun

1. Sir ( Henry ) Max ( imilian ). 1872–1956, English critic, wit, and caricaturist, whose works include Zuleika Dobson (1911), a satire on Oxford undergraduates

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Example Sentences

In 1898, Beerbohm wrote a column claiming, falsely, that a young male actor had died just before the play’s debut.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022

Admittedly, the “Macbeth” prohibition has its origins in nonsense, as an invention of the 19th-century critic and essayist Max Beerbohm.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022

Max Beerbohm composed a cheeky poem about court life: “The King is duller than the Queen … the Queen is duller than the King.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022

The lead was played by the marvelously named Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, an English stage actor known for playing Shakespearean roles with the mannered bombast common to Victorian productions.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2015

The poet sat down and immediately caught in his first survey Mr. William Worrall's caricature by Max Beerbohm.

From Plashers Mead A Novel by MacKenzie, Compton