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Romantic

//ɹoʊˈmæntɪk// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time; fantastic. historical
  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to Romance.
  3. 3
    Fictitious, imaginary. obsolete
  4. 4
    Of or pertaining to Romanticism.
  5. 5
    Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).

    "Mary sighed, knowing her ideals were far too romantic to work in reality."

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  1. 6
    Synonym of Romance. informal
  2. 7
    Having the qualities of romance (in the sense of something appealing deeply to the imagination); invoking on a powerfully sentimental idea of life; evocative, atmospheric.

    "But here is an artist. He desires to paint you the dreamiest, shadiest, quietest, most enchanting bit of romantic landscape in all the valley of the Saco."

  3. 8
    Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.

    "Their kiss started casually, but it slowly turned romantic."

  4. 9
    Alternative letter-case form of Romantic alt-of
  5. 10
    Experiencing romantic attraction.

    "Elsewhere, I describe that, in addition to an asexual identity, another salient identity for asexual individuals may be a romantic or aromantic identity, which designates an interest (or lack thereof) in monogamous, intimate relationships (Scherrer, 2008)."

Adjective
  1. 1
    expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance wordnet
  2. 2
    not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic wordnet
  3. 3
    belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person with romantic character (a character like those of the knights in a mythic romance).
  2. 2
    An artist involved in the Romantic movement.
  3. 3
    a soulful or amorous idealist wordnet
  4. 4
    A person who is behaving romantically (in a manner befitting someone who feels an idealized form of love).

    "Oh, flowers! You're such a romantic."

  5. 5
    an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From romant + -ic, or borrowed from Late Latin romanticus (“(of a poem) having qualities of a romance”). Compare French romantique, which is borrowed from English. Also compare Spanish romántico, Portuguese romântico, Italian romantico, Dutch romantisch, and German romantisch and Romantiker (“a composer of Romantic music”), all of which are borrowed from English or French.

Etymology 2

From romant + -ic, or borrowed from Late Latin romanticus (“(of a poem) having qualities of a romance”). Compare French romantique, which is borrowed from English. Also compare Spanish romántico, Portuguese romântico, Italian romantico, Dutch romantisch, and German romantisch and Romantiker (“a composer of Romantic music”), all of which are borrowed from English or French.

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