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bohemian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /boʊˈhimi.ən/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French bohémien (“person from Bohemia”), from Bohême (“Bohemia”), equivalent to Bohemia + -an.

Meanings

1. Unconventional, especially in habit or dress.
   • 2001, Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce (scriptwriters), Moulin Rouge!, Please tell me you're not one of Toulouse's oh-so-talented, charmingly bohemian, tragically impoverished protégés!
   • Cowell's earlier, more bohemian years are not only the most interesting, they comprise the only part of his life for which one could reasonably attempt to do the kind of work that I have tried to do here. 2002, Michael Hicks, Henry Cowell, Bohemian, University of Illinois Press, page 4:
   • Georgetown, a Jesuit university and a "hot big city school" (Mathews 2007:53): is popularly believed to be "hotter," wealthier, more bohemian, more liberal, and more laid back than its secular counterpart, GWU. 2014, Shabana Mir, Muslim American Women on Campus, University of North Carolina Press, page 18:
   • The magazine's aesthetic also bends it into more bohemian territory. Food articles often have botanical illustrations of lesser-eaten greenery like endive and watercress, drawn by artist John Burgoyne. 2017, Shawn Chandler Bingham, “Bohemian Groves, Grooves, Gardens, and Guns”, in Shawn Chandler Bingham, Lindsey A. Freeman, editors, The Bohemian South, University of North Carolina Press, page 271:

Forms

Translations (18)

ka ბოჰემური (unconventional) · pl cygański (unconventional) · ru боге́мный (unconventional) · cs bohémský (unconventional) · sv bohemisk (unconventional) · pt boémio (unconventional) · es bohemio (unconventional) · sh bòēmskī (unconventional) · el μποέμικος (unconventional) · hu bohém (unconventional) · fi boheemi (unconventional) · uk боге́мний (unconventional) · ca bohemi (unconventional) · ro boem (unconventional) · pt boêmio (unconventional) · cmn 非主流的 (unconventional) · tr bohem (unconventional) · de unkonventionell (unconventional)

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bohemian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /boʊˈhimi.ən/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French bohémien (“person from Bohemia”), from Bohême (“Bohemia”), equivalent to Bohemia + -an.

Meanings

1. A person, especially an artist or writer, who lives an unconventional or nonconformist lifestyle.
   • Burlington, where Mr. Twitchell grew up and where he now spends summers, was singled out by David Brooks in his wickedly funny “Bobos in Paradise” as a model Latte Town, a city that has perfectly reconciled the mercenary instincts of the bourgeoisie with the artistic spirit of the bohemians to create an upscale consumer culture. 2002 July 7, Patricia Cohen, “In Defense Of Our Wicked, Wicked Ways”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2018:
   • Whitman was, by no means, the "King of Bohemia"—that title went to Henry Clapp Jr., the founding editor of the Saturday Press—but the bohemians embraced and supported him at a crucial moment in his career. 2014, Joanna Levin, Edward Whitley, editors, Whitman among the Bohemians, University of Iowa Press, page xiv:
   • During 1940–1941, the few Hollywood bohemians that did appear received "harsher" depictions. The United States' preparations for and eventual entry into World War II figured prominently in this decline and change in the treatment of Hollywood bohemians. 2008, Brett L. Abrams, Hollywood Bohemians, McFarland, page 195:

Forms

Deriveds

bobo · hobohemian · unbohemian

Relateds

Bohemia

Translations (25)

mk боем (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · cs bohém (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · pt boêmia (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · es bohemia (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · pt boémio (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · hu bohém (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · ru боге́мный (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · el μποέμισσα (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · pt boémia (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · tl Bohemyo (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · es bohemio (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · pl cygan (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · sh bòēm (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · sh bòēmka (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · cmn 波西米亞人 /波西米亚人 (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · fi boheemi (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · pt boêmio (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · ca bohèmia (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · ca bohemi (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · sv bohem (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · ko 보헤미안 (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · ro boem (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · el μποέμ (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · pl cyganka (person whose lifestyle is unconventional) · da boheme (person whose lifestyle is unconventional)

wikipedia: William-Adolphe Bouguereau