hip|pie

hip|pie
hip|pie «HIHP ee», noun, adjective.
–n.
a person who breaks away from conventional society, believing in complete freedom of expression, shown typically by wearing unconventional clothes and letting the hair go ungroomed, and often living in communes engaging in free love and the free use of narcotic drugs.
–adj.
of, having to do with, or characteristic of hippies: »

Almost every newspaper account emphasized the hippie dress and hair (Atlantic).

 Also, hippy.
╂[originally (1950's) “a person who is very or overly hip” (i.e., excessively eager to be ahead in the latest styles, extremely unconventional) < hip4 alert, informed, up-to-date + -ie]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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