hepster
hepster is the dated form of hipster.
Meaning of hipster
Noun
hipster (plural hipsters)
- A person who is hip, being keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions.
- I, poor French Canadian Ti Jean become / a big sophisticated hipster esthete in / the homosexual arts […]c. 1954, Jack Kerouac, Untitled poem, in Book of Sketches, 1952-57, Penguin, 2006, p. 239
- Synonyms:
- hepster, hippie, trendite, Corinthian, faddist, fashionable, fashionist, fashionista, hepcat, sophisto
- A person who rejects mainstream culture; an anti-conformist.
- A member of a Bohemian counterculture.
- Near-synonym: hippie
- Synonyms:
- hippie
- An aficionado of jazz who considers themselves to be hip.
- Near-synonym: hippie
- A person who wears a hip flask (of alcohol).
- (from Kentucky backcountry moonshine)
- Synonyms:
- vial villain, gentleman from Kentucky
- A dancer, particularly a female one during the 1930s.
Synonyms of hepster
- trendy
- voguie
- Corinthian
- faddist
- fashionable
- fashionista
- hipster
- sophisto
- snappy dresser
- trendite
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Forms of hepster
| plural | hepsters |
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Origin of hepster
From hep + -ster. First attested in print in 1938.
Questions about hepster
- What is hepster the dated form of?
- Hepster is the dated form of hipster.
Words near hepster in the dictionary
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