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jazznik

noun

Etymology

From jazz (“music”) + -nik (“person who exemplifies or endorses something”). From the Slavic suffix, as seen on Russian: -ник (-nik). This suffix experienced a surge in English coinages for nicknames and diminutives after the 1957 Russian launch of the Sputnik spacecraft. Compare beatnik.

  1. derived from coinages for nicknames and diminutives after the 1957 Russian launch of the Sputnik spacecraft

Definitions

  1. An enthusiast of jazz music.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA