Definitions
a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
Word origin
Coined by American columnist Herb Caen in 1958. From beat (generation) + -nik (“person who exemplifies or endorses something”). Compare jazznik.
Used in a sentence
“The Beatles first surfaced in the USSR in 1964, when the style of dress of the ‘Beatniki’ was enthusiastically copied.”
“In tight black jeans and black polo-neck sweater he reminded her of an old-fashioned beatnik.”
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