单词 | bohemianize |
释义 | bohemianizev. 1. intransitive. To have or adopt a socially unconventional, artistically inclined lifestyle, esp. while travelling; to live or behave like a bohemian (see Bohemian n. 3). Often with about, around. Also transitive with it in the same sense.The prevalent sense in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity trifle?a1400 loiterc1400 tiffc1440 tifflec1440 to pick a salad1520 to play the wanton1529 fiddle1530 dauntc1540 piddle1545 dally?1548 pittlea1568 pingle1574 puddle1591 to thrum caps1594 maginate1623 meecha1625 pudder1624 dabble1631 fanfreluche1653 dawdlea1656 taigle17.. niff-naff1728 tiddle1747 peddle1755 gammer1788 quiddle1789 muddle1791 browse1803 niddle1808 poke1811 fal-lal1818 potter1824 footer1825 putter1827 shaffle1828 to fool about1838 mike1838 piffle1847 mess1853 to muck about1856 tinker1856 bohemianize1857 to fool around1860 frivol1866 june1869 muss1876 to muddle about (also around)1877 slummock1877 dicker1888 moodle1893 to fart about1899 to fart about (or around)1899 plouter1899 futz1907 monkey1916 to arse around1919 to play around1929 to fuck around1931 tool1932 frig1933 boondoggle1935 to muck around1935 to screw around1935 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1939 to piss about1943 to dick around1948 to jerk around1953 fart-arse1954 to fanny around1969 slop1973 dork1982 to twat around (or about)1992 to dick about1996 1857 Illustr. Times 2 May 286/1 She is bohemianising about Europe, even now, is, Madame Hyppolité, a more wrinkled Terpsichore than ever. 1872 Iowa State Reporter (Waterloo) 10 Apr. 5/2 Stopping only a few hours between trains we had no opportunity to Bohemianize it to any great extent. 1914 Current Opinion Dec. 430/2 The Latin Quarter, where I Bohemianized so long as an art student. 2019 @dodona777 29 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 22 Oct. 2019) Next time I'm gonna make sure I have rich parents so I can go bohemianising around & not worry about investment property at 17. 2. transitive. To make (a person, group, etc.) bohemian in character or behaviour. Cf. Bohemian adj. 3.Now more common than sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > separate or isolate [verb (transitive)] > make bohemian bohemianize1889 1889 Sat. Rev. 28 Dec. 755/1 She ended by Bohemianizing herself among Parisian artists. 1968 Relig. in Life Spring 510 What was not anticipated two years ago was the extent to which hippies would bohemianize the total youth and young adult scene. 2006 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 15 July 16 In the Western world the heterosexual majority is being increasingly ‘bohemianized’ while the homosexual minority is being ‘bourgeoisized’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1857 |
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