English Explanatory Dictionary

hepcat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A jazz performer, especially one from the 1940s and 1950s.
  2. A person associated with the jazz subculture of the 1940s and 1950s.
  3. A sophisticated person, one who is stylish.

Word forms

hepcat hepcats hep cat hep-cat hip cat

Etymology

From hep + cat, from hep (“sophisticated, aware”). Compare cat (“jazz enthusiast”). Attested in the sense of “sophisticated person” from the 1920s.

Synonyms

hepster fashionista hipster Corinthian faddist fashionable fashionist hepcat sophisto snappy dresser trendite trendy voguie swell

Related words

beatnik bebopper cool cat
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