Word Study
beatnik
CIDE DICTIONARY
beatnik, n.
a member of the Beat Generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
beatnik, n. a member of the beat generation (see BEAT).
Etymology
BEAT + -nik after sputnik, perh. infl. by US use of Yiddish -nik agent-suffix
THESAURUS
beatnik
Bohemian, deviant, dissenter, dropout, flower child, freak, heretic, hippie, maverick, misfit, nonconformist, nonjuror, original, sectarian, sectary, swinger, ugly duckling, unconformist, yippieFor further exploring for "beatnik" in Webster Dictionary Online