adjective
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Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: Italian, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, Corsican, etc.
adjective
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Of or pertaining to Romance.
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Of or pertaining to Romanticism.
noun
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A person with romantic character (a character like those of the knights in a mythic romance).
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A person who is behaving romantically (in a manner befitting someone who feels an idealized form of love).
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Oh, flowers! You're such a romantic.
adjective
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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.
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Fictitious, imaginary.
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Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).
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Mary sighed, knowing her ideals were far too romantic to work in reality.
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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.
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Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.
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Their kiss started casually, but it slowly turned romantic.
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Examples of romantic in a Sentence
Surely he didn't mean love in the romantic sense.
Brandon would be horrified by any thought of a romantic involvement with me.
This was a very romantic story.
But I soon discovered that college was not quite the romantic lyceum I had imagined.
She squeezed her eyes shut and prayed that romantic thoughts would cease to invade her newfound paradise.
Romantic relationships with humans were fraught with difficulties.
You're such a romantic.
She was something of a romantic — or maybe she was the fool.
We have all heard the wonderfully romantic stories of pen pals that wrote to each.. .
He wanted her to look elsewhere for romantic attention.
It was silly - and romantic.
They just sounded incredibly romantic.
He was so romantic.
He was trying to be romantic.
One tablet records that in 1631 two Algerine pirate crews landed in Ireland, sacked Baltimore, and carried off its inhabitants to slavery; another recalls the romantic escape of Ida M'Donnell, daughter of Admiral Ulric, consulgeneral of Denmark, and wife of the British consul.
Yet she kept the Adriatic free of pirates, notably by suppressing the sea-robbers called Uscocchi (1601-1617), maintained herself in the Ionian Islands, and in 1684 added one more to the series of victorious episodes which render her annals so romantic. In that year Francesco Morosini, upon whose tomb we still may read the title Peloponnesiacus, wrested the whole of the Morea from the Turks.
And it may be fairly claimed for him that in El Tejado de Vidrio and El Tanto por Ciento he displays a very exceptional combination of satiric intention with romantic inspiration.
They were preceded by the wonderful The and romantic voyages of the buccaneers.
Q. There are a number of very romantic moments in the film - are you a romantic at heart?
At the moment, it felt more domestic than romantic.
Did Cade even know how to be romantic?
You don't think a man should be romantic?
In Bothwell also, "the glorious, rash and hazardous young man," romantic, handsome, charming even in his guilt, Mary gained what she lacked in her husband, a lover.
Thus it was quite in keeping with the romantic attachment between David and Saul's son Jonathan that when he became king of Israel he took Jonathan's son Meribbaal under his care (ix.).
One man, however, stands out prominently in this section of romantic and secular folk-literature.
A friend, certainly, but their relationship was so romantic that best friend didn't seem a good description.
Alex was a romantic lover... while he was sober.
Worst of all was the façade of romantic interest.
And he has the nerve to call this shit exciting and romantic!
Making love was so much more enjoyable – so romantic.
You've ever heard a sheep bleat and had romantic thoughts.
A little romantic mischief could be on its way.
The couple can have a romantic picnic for two on their honeymoon and enjoy themselves when all of the commotion is over with.
Then he really became romantic, really emotional on Touch me, trust me... .
To complete the romantic ambiance of soft lighting and candles, have a string quartet playing up in the minstrels gallery.
While my days at Radcliffe were still in the future, they were encircled with a halo of romance, which they have lost; but in the transition from romantic to actual I have learned many things I should never have known had I not tried the experiment.
I am also sensitive, gentle and romantic at the same time.
Then he really became romantic, really emotional on Touch me, trust me....
Skillful conversion has provided an exceptionally comfortable and romantic setting.
I really am a sucker for this kind of sweet romantic comedy.
How about something to induce a romantic evening?
Don't expose children to your romantic relationships.
Then you can keep the romantic smell of each other nearby, even when you are apart.
The scent, as a whole, is undeniably romantic.
It was all so cozy and romantic.
Buchner was much less concerned to establish a scientific metaphysic than to protest against the romantic idealism of his predecessors and the theological interpretations of the universe.
His later years were saddened by circumstances connected with a romantic attachment he had formed for Mademoiselle de Lespinasse, whose acquaintance he made at the house of Madame du Deffand, a noted resort of literary men and savants.
It flows at first through rather monotonous country, but the latter portion of its course, from the village of Altenahr, over which tower the ruins of the castle of Ahr, or Are (10th century), is full of romantic beauty.
These recitations are partly religious, partly also romantic and quasi-historical.
The romantic character of the history of this family has been the subject of poems, dramas and novels.