Mayakovski

or Ma·ya·kov·sky

[ mah-yuh-kawf-skee, -kof-; Russian muh-yuh-kawf-skyee ]

noun

1. Vla·di·mir Vla·di·mi·ro·vich [vlad, -, uh, -meer vlad-, uh, -, meer, -, uh, -vich, vluh-, dyee, -myi, r, vluh-, dyee, -myi-, r, uh, -vyich], 1893–1930, Russian poet.

Mayakovski

/ məjɪˈkɔfskij /

noun

1. MayakovskiVladimir Vladimirovich18931930MRussianWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatist Vladimir Vladimirovich (vlaˈdimir vlaˈdimirəvitʃ). 1893–1930, Russian Futurist poet and dramatist. His poems include 150 000 000 (1921) and At the Top of my Voice (1930); his plays include Vladimir Mayakovsky — a Tragedy (1913) and The Bedbug (1929)

Example Sentences

One Russian quoted a famous line by the Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovski from the 1917 revolution, “Eat pineapples, munch your grouse!” and left unstated the second line, “Your last day is coming, bourgeois!”

From New York Times