bohemian
noun
[ bəʊˈhiːmɪən ]
• a socially unconventional person, especially one who is involved in the arts.
• "Warhol and the artists and bohemians he worked with in the 1960s"
bohemian
adjective
• socially unconventional in an artistic way.
• "as an opera singer you live a bohemian lifestyle"
Similar:
unconventional,
nonconformist,
unorthodox,
avant-garde,
offbeat,
off-centre,
irregular,
original,
alternative,
experimental,
artistic,
idiosyncratic,
eccentric,
arty,
arty-farty,
way-out,
off the wall,
oddball,
Origin:
mid 19th century: from French bohémien ‘Romani, Gypsy’ (because the Romani were thought to come from Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic), or because they perhaps entered the West through Bohemia).
Bohemian
noun
• a native or inhabitant of Bohemia (now the western part of the Czech Republic).
Bohemian
adjective
• relating to Bohemia or its people.
• "the tombs of Bohemian kings"
