hepcat

See also: hep cat

English

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Etymology

From hep +‎ cat, from hep (“sophisticated, aware”). Compare cat (“jazz enthusiast”).[1] Attested in the sense of “sophisticated person” from the 1920s.[2]

Noun

hepcat (plural hepcats)

  1. (informal, music) A jazz performer, especially one from the 1940s and 1950s.
  2. (informal, dated, now often humorous) A person associated with the jazz subculture of the 1940s and 1950s; a hipster.
  3. (informal, dated) A sophisticated person, one who is stylish.

See also

References
  1. “hepcat, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2018.
  2. Jonathon Green (2019), “hep-cat, n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang‎

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