of, or relating to the untraditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished artists, writers, musicians, and actors in major European cities (or by extension, major North American cities as well)
Bohemian means belonging or relating to Bohemia or its people. You can use bohemian to describe artistic people who live in an unconventional way. a bohemian writer. the bohemian lifestyle of the French capital. A bohemian is someone who lives in a bohemian way. I am a bohemian. I have no roots. living in a very informal or relaxed way and not accepting society's rules of behaviour (Bohemian ; because of an association between Bohemia and traveling artists and gypsies). Bohemian Forest Bohemian glass Bohemian school Bohemian language
A restless vagabond; originally, an idle stroller or gypsy (as in France) thought to have come from Bohemia; in later times often applied to an adventurer in art or literature, of irregular, unconventional habits, questionable tastes, or free morals
a member of a nomadic people originating in northern India and now living on all continents
a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life a native or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic unconventional in especially appearance and behavior; "a bohemian life style"
A mountain range along the border of southeast Germany and western Czech Republic. The region is known for its glassmaking and woodcarving. German Böhmer Wald Mountain range, central Europe. It lies along the boundary between Bavaria (Germany) and Bohemia (Czech Republic), extending northwest-southeast from the Ohre River to the Danube River valley in Austria. Its highest point, the Arber, rises 4,780 ft (1,457 m). It is the source of the Vltava (Moldau) River
Decorative glass made in Bohemia from the 13th century. In the early 17th century, Caspar Lehmann, gem cutter to Rudolf II in Prague, perfected the technique of gem engraving on glass. By 1700, a heavy, high-lustre, richly ornamented potash-lime glass (Bohemian crystal) had become popular. In the late 18th century, black glass with chinoiserie designs was introduced. Ruby glass and an opaque glass with white overlay, both carved and enameled, were introduced in the 19th century
School of visual arts that flourished in and around Prague in the later 14th century. Charles IV attracted artists and scholars to Prague from all over Europe. French and Italian manuscripts inspired a local school of book illumination. Though most of the painters are anonymous, their achievements in panel painting and fresco had an important influence on German Gothic art. A vital Bohemian tradition in architecture provided the impetus for the great German Gothic architecture of the 15th century
() Bohemia + -ian In sense of Romani and by association, marginalized artists, from French bohémien (“person from Bohemia, Romani”), from Bohême (“Bohemia”); compare gypsy (“Romani”), from Egypt.