BEATNIK


Meaning of BEATNIK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbēt-nik ]

noun

Etymology: beat (III) + -nik

Date: 1958

: a person who participated in a social movement of the 1950s and early 1960s which stressed artistic self-expression and the rejection of the mores of conventional society ; broadly : a usually young and artistic person who rejects the mores of conventional society

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.