-nik

a suffix of nouns that refer, usually derogatorily, to persons who support or are concerned or associated with a particular political cause or group, cultural attitude, or the like:
beatnik, filmnik; no-goodnik; peacenik.

-nik

suffix forming nouns

denoting a person associated with a specified state, belief, or quality
beatnik
refusenik

Origin of -nik¹

< Yiddish ( nudnik ) < Slavic: a personal suffix in Slavic languages in contact with Yiddish

Origin of -nik¹

C20: from Russian -nik, as in Sputnik , and influenced by Yiddish -nik (agent suffix)

So, tell me Nik, how are you preparing mentally for this walk?

Nik Wallenda is set to be the first person to walk across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope.

But that no-fun-nik Rick Perry came out today against the idea.

Rhinichthys, rī-nik′this, n. a North American genus of cyprinoid fishes.

At the end of the room stood now a huge archaic Nik, with outstretched peplum and soaring wings.

He turned joyously, his young figure finely caught in the light of Elizabeth's lamp against the background of the Nik.

The wood fire glowed on the hearth, and its ruddy light was on the face of the Nik, and its solemn outstretched wings.

Splanchnic, splangk′nik, adj. relating to the viscera, intestinal.

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