DictionaryRoot: bohémien
French

bohémien

Bohemian; Roma person

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A barefoot artist in an eclectic, visibly hand-altered outfit paints in a sparse live-work nook, using a repurposed wooden crate as a seat and an old suitcase as a table.
adjective / noun

bohemian

boh-HEE-mee-un/boʊhˈimiʌn/

Unconventional and artistic in lifestyle or appearance.

Etymology

French bohémien named a person from Bohemia and also the Roma, who were wrongly believed to originate there. The latter label was transferred to artists and others living outside conventional social standards.

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