The Only Use of
bohemian
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- With a calm smile and a gentle wave of the hand, Monte Cristo signed to the distracted mother to lay aside her apprehensions; then, opening a casket that stood near, he drew forth a phial of Bohemian glass incrusted with gold, containing a liquid of the color of blood, of which he let fall a single drop on the child's lips.†
Chpt 47-48
Definition:
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, Bohemian can refer to someone from Bohemia, the western region of the Czech Republic; or anyone from the Czech Republic.