Bohemianism

See also: bohemianism

English

Alternative forms

• bohemianism

Etymology

From Bohemian +‎ -ism.

Noun

Bohemianism (countable and uncountable, plural Bohemianisms)

1. A Bohemian lifestyle.
   • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 130:

     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.

2. A word or phrase characteristic of the Bohemian language.
   • 1961, Slovak Studies (issues 1-2, page 33)

     […] Pannonianisms are in reality Bohemianisms.