bohemian
bohemian Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Socially unconventional in an artistic, free-spirited, or informal way, especially in lifestyle, dress, or personal habits.
"The neighborhood attracted painters and musicians who favored a relaxed, bohemian lifestyle."
Relating to or characteristic of Bohemia, a historical region in the western Czech Republic, or its people and culture (usually capitalized as Bohemian).
"The museum features an extensive collection of nineteenth-century Bohemian glass."
• noun
A person, especially an artist, writer, or musician, who leads a socially unconventional lifestyle with few permanent ties and little regard for mainstream standards.
"In the 1920s, the cafés of Montparnasse were gathering places for poets, painters, and other bohemians."
A native or inhabitant of Bohemia, the historical western region of the Czech Republic (usually capitalized as Bohemian).
"Many nineteenth-century Bohemians emigrated to the American Midwest and established farming communities."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from French bohémien, originally referring to the Romani people who were mistakenly believed in 15th-century France to have arrived from Bohemia (a historical region of the Czech lands), before coming to describe impoverished artists and writers in 19th-century Paris.