English abbreviation dictionary - nik
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1.
~ suffix informal in nouns someone who is connected with something or enjoys something (a computernik (=someone who works with or is very keen on computers) | a peacenik (=someone who supports peace)) nil ~ n 1 nothing (The new machine reduced labour costs to almost nil.) 2 BrE the number zero, used in sports results (Our team won by two goals to nil.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
noun suffix Etymology: Yiddish, from Polish & Ukrainian one connected with or characterized by being beatnik ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
suffix forming nouns denoting a person associated with a specified thing or quality (beatnik; refusenik). Etymology: Russ. (as SPUTNIK) and Yiddish ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- as in beatnik, etc., 20c., from Yiddish -nik (cf. nudnik "a bore"), from Rus. -nik, common personal suffix (cf. kolkhoznik "member of a kolkhoz"). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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