English

hipness

From hip + -ness.

A compound of hip + -ness

Proto-Germanic *hupiz ‘hip, haunch’

Proto-West Germanic *hupi ‘hip’

Old English hype ‘hip’

Middle English hipe ‘hip’

English hip

Today it means

noun The characteristic of being hip; coolness; trendiness.

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