Bohemian as a noun: - 1
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bohemian - 3
Bohemian as an adjective: - 1
bohemian - 2
Bohemian
noun
1 Bohemian
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).
synonyms: Gipsy, Gypsy, Roma, Romani, Romany, Rommany.
Dutch: Roma, zigeunerin, gipsy, zigeuner
Polish: Cygan, Rom
2 Bohemian
A native or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic.
3 bohemian
A nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life.
Roget 268:
traveler,
wayfarer,
voyager,
itinerant,
passenger,
commuter.
tourist,
excursionist,
explorer,
adventurer,
mountaineer,
hiker,
backpacker,
Alpine Club;
peregrinator†,
wanderer,
rover,
straggler,
rambler;
bird of passage;
gadabout,
gadling†;
vagrant,
scatterling†,
landloper†,
waifs and estrays†,
wastrel,
foundling;
loafer;
tramp,
tramper;
vagabond,
nomad,
Bohemian,
gypsy,
Arab†,
Wandering Jew,
Hadji,
pilgrim,
palmer;
peripatetic;
somnambulist,
emigrant,
fugitive,
refugee;
beach comber,
booly†;
globegirdler†,
globetrotter;
vagrant,
hobo [U.S.],
night walker,
sleep walker;
noctambulist,
runabout,
straphanger,
swagman,
swagsman [Austral.];
trecker†,
trekker,
zingano†,
zingaro†.
runner,
courier;
Mercury,
Iris,
Ariel†,
comet.
pedestrian,
walker,
foot passenger;
cyclist;
wheelman.
rider,
horseman,
equestrian,
cavalier,
jockey,
roughrider,
trainer,
breaker.
driver,
coachman,
whip,
Jehu,
charioteer,
postilion,
postboy†,
carter,
wagoner,
drayman†;
cabman,
cabdriver;
voiturier†,
vetturino†,
condottiere†;
engine driver;
stoker,
fireman,
guard;
chauffeur,
conductor,
engineer,
gharry-wallah†,
gari-wala†,
hackman,
syce†,
truckman†.
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adjective
1 Bohemian
Of or relating to Bohemia or its language or people.
2 bohemian
Unconventional in especially appearance and behavior.
Roget 851:
in bad taste vulgar,
unrefined.
coarse,
indecorous,
ribald,
gross;
unseemly,
unbeseeming†,
unpresentable†;
contra bonos mores [Lat.];
ungraceful
etc.
(ugly)
846.
dowdy;
slovenly
etc.
(dirty)
653;
ungenteel,
shabby genteel;
low,
common,
hoi polloi [Gr.],
etc.
(plebeian)
876;
uncourtly†;
uncivil
etc.
(discourteous)
895;
ill bred,
ill mannered;
underbred;
ungentlemanly,
ungentlemanlike;
unladylike,
unfeminine;
wild,
wild as an unbacked colt.
untutored,
unschooled
(ignorant)
491.
unkempt.
uncombed,
untamed,
unlicked†,
unpolished,
uncouth;
plebeian;
incondite†;
heavy,
rude,
awkward;
homely,
homespun,
home bred;
provincial,
countrified,
rustic;
boorish,
clownish;
savage,
brutish,
blackguard,
rowdy,
snobbish;
barbarous,
barbaric;
Gothic,
unclassical†,
doggerel,
heathenish,
tramontane,
outlandish;
uncultivated;
Bohemian.
obsolete
etc.
(antiquated)
124;
unfashionable;
newfangled
etc.
(unfamiliar)
83;
odd
etc.
(ridiculous)
853.
particular;
affected
etc.
855;
meretricious;
extravagant,
monstrous,
horrid;
shocking
etc.
(painful)
830.
gaudy,
tawdry,
overornamented,
baroque,
rococo;
bedizened,
tricked out,
gingerbread;
obtrusive.
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