Bohemianism

See also: bohemianism

English

Alternative forms

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.
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