1.
[syn: Gypsy, Gipsy, Romany, Rommany, Romani, Roma, Bohemian]
2. a native or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic;
3. a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life;
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. of or relating to Bohemia or its language or people;
2. unconventional in especially appearance and behavior;
- Example: "a bohemian life style"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bohemian \Bo*he"mi*an\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its
ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See Bohemian,
n., 2.
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2. Of or pertaining to a social gypsy or "Bohemian" (see
Bohemian, n., 3); vagabond; unconventional; free and
easy. [Modern]
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Hers was a pleasant Bohemian life till she was five
and thirty. --Blackw. Mag.
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Artists have abandoned their Bohemian manners and
customs nowadays. --W. Black.
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Bohemian chatterer, or Bohemian waxwing (Zool.), a small
bird of Europe and America (Ampelis garrulus); the
waxwing.
Bohemian glass, a variety of hard glass of fine quality,
made in Bohemia. It is of variable composition, containing
usually silica, lime, and potash, rarely soda, but no
lead. It is often remarkable for beauty of color.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bohemian \Bo*he"mi*an\, n.
1. A native of Bohemia.
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2. The language of the Czechs (the ancient inhabitants of
Bohemia), the richest and most developed of the dialects
of the Slavic family.
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3. A restless vagabond; -- originally, an idle stroller or
gypsy (as in France) thought to have come from Bohemia; in
later times often applied to an adventurer in art or
literature, of irregular, unconventional habits,
questionable tastes, or free morals. [Modern]
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Note: In this sense from the French boh['e]mien, a gypsy;
also, a person of irregular habits.
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She was of a wild, roving nature, inherited from
father and mother, who were both Bohemians by
taste and circumstances. --Thackeray.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Bohemian
adj 1: of or relating to Bohemia or its language or people
2: unconventional in especially appearance and behavior; "a
bohemian life style"
n 1: a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak
Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and
fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in
northern India but now are living on all continents (but
mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America) [syn:
Gypsy, Gipsy, Romany, Rommany, Romani, Roma,
Bohemian]
2: a native or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic
3: a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional
life
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "Bohemian":
Arab, Bedouin, Romany, Zigeuner, affable, beat, beatnik, breakaway,
casual, cordial, degage, deviant, dissenter, dropout, easy,
easygoing, eccentric, familiar, far out, flower child, folksy,
freak, free and easy, fringy, gracious, gypsy, haymish, heretic,
heretical, heterodox, hippie, homely, homey, iconoclast, informal,
irregular, kinky, loose, maverick, misfit, natural, nomad,
nonconformist, nonjuror, not cricket, not done, not kosher,
offbeat, offhand, offhanded, original, plain, recusant, relaxed,
sectarian, sectary, simple, sociable, swinger, tzigane,
ugly duckling, unaffected, unassuming, unceremonious, unconforming,
unconformist, unconstrained, unconventional, unfashionable,
unofficial, unorthodox, unstudied, way out, yippie, zingaro