| Bohea | n. [ From Wu-i, pronounced by the Chinese bu-i, the name of the hills where this kind of tea is grown. ] Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under Tea. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The name was formerly applied to superior kinds of black tea, or to black tea in general. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Bohemia | n. 1. A country of central Europe. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Fig.: The region or community of social Bohemians. See Bohemian, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ] She knew every one who was any one in the land of Bohemia. Compton Reade. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Bohemian | a. 1. Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See Bohemian, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Of or pertaining to a social gypsy or “Bohemian” (see Bohemian, n., 3); vagabond; unconventional; free and easy. [ Modern ] [ 1913 Webster ] Hers was a pleasant Bohemian life till she was five and thirty. Blackw. Mag. [ 1913 Webster ] Artists have abandoned their Bohemian manners and customs nowadays. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bohemian chatterer, or
Bohemian waxwing (Zool.), a small bird of Europe and America (Ampelis garrulus); the waxwing. --
Bohemian glass, a variety of hard glass of fine quality, made in Bohemia. It is of variable composition, containing usually silica, lime, and potash, rarely soda, but no lead. It is often remarkable for beauty of color. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Bohemian | n. 1. A native of Bohemia. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The language of the Czechs (the ancient inhabitants of Bohemia), the richest and most developed of the dialects of the Slavic family. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. 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. [ Modern ] [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ In this sense from the French bohémien, a gypsy; also, a person of irregular habits. [ 1913 Webster ] She was of a wild, roving nature, inherited from father and mother, who were both Bohemians by taste and circumstances. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Bohemianism | n. The characteristic conduct or methods of a Bohemian. [ Modern ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Bohun upas | ‖ See Upas. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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