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

No wonder that the master of that subgenre, Max Beerbohm, esteemed Strachey so highly and spoke almost gushingly about the beauty of his prose.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2018

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

Beerbohm does not waste his time mimicking the small fry.

From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan