bohemian

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"Every big city I go to has this bohemian area that I'm drawn to.

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  1. noun A person with artistic or literary interests who disregards conventional standards of behavior.

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  • Shakspere was a natural bohemian, and while he could conform to the conventionalities of society, he was never more pleased than when mixing with the variegated mass of mankind, where vice and virtue predominated without the guilt of hypocrisy to blur and blast the principles of sincerity. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Shakspere, by Colonel John A. Joyce
  • Photos Are you retro bohemian or modern minimalist?
  • "The concept is bohemian," explained owner Eom Tai-young, who converted an old Korean food delivery place into the terraced cafe it is now.
  • And Irsay is the son of Bob Irsay, who infamously settled the team's last stadium squabble by moving the Colts from Baltimore to Indy under the cover of darkness one night in 1984. known for his boomer-bohemian pretensions, shelled out $2.54 million for the original manuscript of Jack Kerouac's "On The Road". —  Can't Stop The Bleeding
  • She toured homes in the bohemian area of Abbot Kinney before heading to Shutters Hotel for lunch with a female friend. —  Home | Mail Online
 

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  1. French bohémien, from Bohême, Bohemia (from the unconventional lifestyle of Gypsies, erroneously supposed to have come from there).
 

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