Associations to the word «Beatnik»

Wiktionary

BEATNIK, noun. A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and whose manner of dress reflects a rejection of conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior
BEATNIK, noun. A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.

Dictionary definition

BEATNIK, noun. A member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin