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jazznik

jazznik noun: an enthusiast of jazz music.

Noun

jazznik (plural jazzniks)

  1. (dated, informal) An enthusiast of jazz music.

Forms of jazznik

pluraljazzniks

Origin of jazznik

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.

Questions about jazznik

What does jazznik mean?
Jazznik means an enthusiast of jazz music.
What part of speech is jazznik?
Jazznik is a noun.
What is the plural of jazznik?
The plural of jazznik is jazzniks.

Words near jazznik in the dictionary

  1. jazzless
  2. jazzlessness
  3. jazzlike
  4. jazzman
  5. jazzmen
  6. jazznik
  7. jazzniks
  8. jazzophile
  9. jazzophiles
  10. jazzophone
  11. jazzophones

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