Bohemianism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Celtic *bāusder. Latin Boiī Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimazbor. Late Latin Boiohaemumlbor. Middle French Bohême French Bohêmebor. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Bohemia ▲ Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian ▲ French bohémieninflu. English Bohemian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Bohemianism From Bohemian + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A Bohemian lifestyle.
It was all very well, this Bohemianism of red lamp-shades and cigarettes, but in the cold grey light that filtered through Partridge's grimy windows it did not show to any great advantage.
1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 130:
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(countable, rhetoric, uncountable) A word or phrase characteristic of the Bohemian language.
[…]Pannonianisms are in reality Bohemianisms.
1961, Slovak Studies, numbers 1–2, page 33:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bohemianism | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Bohemianisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |