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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbit.ɲik/
- Rhymes: -itɲik
- Syllabification: bit‧nik
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English beatnik.
Noun
bitnik m pers
- (historical) beatnik (person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style)
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Etymology 2
From bić + -nik. First attested in 1859.[1][2]
Noun
bitnik m pers
- battler, combatant, fighter, scrapper (person prone to start fights)
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References
- ^ B. Bielowski (1859) Dzwonek. Pismo dla ludu. (Das Glöcklein.) (in Polish), page 266
- ^ bitnik in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Further reading
- bitnik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bitnik in Polish dictionaries at PWN