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Bohemian

Pronunciation: /bəʊˈhiːmɪən/

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Definition of Bohemian

noun

  • 1a native or inhabitant of Bohemia.
  • 2 (also bohemian) a socially unconventional person, especially one who is involved in the arts.
    [ mid 19th century: from French bohémien 'Gypsy' (because Gypsies were thought to come from Bohemia, or because they perhaps entered the West through Bohemia)]

adjective

  • 1relating to Bohemia or its people: the tombs of Bohemian kings engraved Bohemian glass
  • 2 (also bohemian) socially unconventional:she revelled in the Bohemian life of Montparnasse

Derivatives

Bohemianism

noun
Bohemian (sense 2 of the noun).

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