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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_94348" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_94348" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) The language of the [[Czechs]] (the ancient inhabitants of Bohemia), the richest and most developed of the dialects of the Slavic family. </p> <p> (2): (n.) 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. </p> <p> (3): (n.) Of or pertaining to a social gypsy or "Bohemian" (see Bohemian, n., 3); vagabond; unconventional; free and easy. </p> <p> (4): (n.) A native of Bohemia. </p> <p> (5): (a.) Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See Bohemian, n., 2. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) The language of the [[Czechs]] (the ancient inhabitants of Bohemia), the richest and most developed of the dialects of the Slavic family. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) [[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. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) Of or pertaining to a social gypsy or "Bohemian" (see Bohemian, n., 3); vagabond; unconventional; free and easy. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) [[A]] native of Bohemia. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (a.) Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See Bohemian, n., 2. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69168" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69168" /> == | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) The language of the Czechs (the ancient inhabitants of Bohemia), the richest and most developed of the dialects of the Slavic family.
(2): (n.) 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.
(3): (n.) Of or pertaining to a social gypsy or "Bohemian" (see Bohemian, n., 3); vagabond; unconventional; free and easy.
(4): (n.) A native of Bohemia.
(5): (a.) Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See Bohemian, n., 2.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Name given to one who lives by his wits and shuns conventionality.
