boho
Bohemian.
Adjective
- Bohemian.
- Down in the cellar in the Boho zone / I went looking for some sweet inspiration, oh well / Just another hard time band / With Negro affectations - 1975, Joni Mitchell, “The Boho Dance”, in The Hissing Of Summer Lawns:
- Enter Benedict Bridgerton, the boho son of the family at the centre of Netflix's much-loved series, handsomely striding into the masquerade ball. - 2025 September 13, Daniel Thomas, “Lunch with the FT: Shonda Rhimes”,...
Origin
From bohemian.
Forms
Noun
- A bohemian.
- After all, […] the last thing this country needs is a mannered bunch of Manhattan bohos who use textured harmonics and jingly guitars to create a carpetbagger's vision of the heartland. - 1988 April 1, Roger Moore,...
- A style of female fashion drawing on various bohemian and hippie influences, popular in the mid-2000s.
- In pockets of downtown Manhattan and in cities as far-flung as Miami and Los Angeles, young women in the vanguard are setting aside their trapeze and baby-doll dresses — and as often as not, their drainpipe jeans — in...
- “Ooh, look at that Martina McBride boho peasant blouse. 40% off. I'm about to put you 100% on.” - 2021 April 11, Lauren McGuire, “Hot Tub-tation” (3:29 from the start), in Bless the Harts, season 2, episode 17, spoken...
Synonyms: boho-chic