romantico-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Some degree of stress is always maintained on the second syllable. If the subsequent element is an existing word, it is likely to retain its original stress pattern, e.g. romantico-heroic Brit.

/rə(ʊ)ˌmantᵻkəʊhᵻˈrəʊɪk/, U.S.

/roʊˌmæn(t)əkoʊhᵻˈroʊɪk/.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: romantic adj., -o- connective.

Etymology: < romantic adj. + -o- connective, originally after German romantisch- (formations in which are found from at least the late 18th cent., e.g. romantisch-heroisch (1783 or earlier), romantisch-historisch (1801 or earlier), romantisch-poetisch (1822 or earlier), romantisch-patriotisch (1837 or earlier)). Compare French romantico- (formations in which are found from at least the first half of the 19th cent., e.g. romantico-historique (1824 or earlier), romantico-philosophique (1830 or earlier)).Formations in English are found from the first half of the 19th cent. Combining with second elements ultimately of Latin or Greek origin.

1. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘romantic and ——’, as romantico-heroic, romantico-sexual, etc.

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1824 T. Carlyle in London Mag. Jan. 40/1 Hence..their [sc. the Germans'] subdivisions of romantic and heroic and romantico-heroic.

1842 Christian Remembrancer Feb. 196 A movement that may be termed romantico-religious,—a grafting of religious feeling on the already existing romantic sentiment of the age.

1900 C. F. Johnson Outl. Hist. Eng. & Amer. Lit. 403 He [sc. William Morris]..wrote a large amount of romantico-narrative poetry of which the ‘Earthly Paradise’..is the most noteworthy.

1936 C. Canfield Plays of Changing Ireland 27 A romantico-patriotic poem fashioned from separate lines from well-known, fervid 18th and 19th century authors.

1984 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Sept. This goes along with the other, less suppressed, romantico-sexual belief in the knight in shining armour.

2008 Sunday Times (Nexis) 3 Aug. 10 Smallish, in romantico-Provençal style, it has gardens and a classy restaurant.

2. Forming nouns with the sense ‘something which partakes of the qualities of romance and ——’, as romantico-history, romantico-realism.

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a1849 E. A. Poe Marginalia in Wks. (1864) III. 547 His [sc. W. H. Herbert's] romantico-histories have all the effervescence of his verse.

1974 B. S. Medina Confrontations iv. 152 Rendering it again with a quality that folk realism—a truly pervasive romantico-realism—would require.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	romantico-
释义	romantico-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Some degree of stress is always maintained on the second syllable. If the subsequent element is an existing word, it is likely to retain its original stress pattern, e.g. romantico-heroic Brit. /rə(ʊ)ˌmantᵻkəʊhᵻˈrəʊɪk/, U.S. /roʊˌmæn(t)əkoʊhᵻˈroʊɪk/. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: romantic adj., -o- connective. Etymology: < romantic adj. + -o- connective, originally after German romantisch- (formations in which are found from at least the late 18th cent., e.g. romantisch-heroisch (1783 or earlier), romantisch-historisch (1801 or earlier), romantisch-poetisch (1822 or earlier), romantisch-patriotisch (1837 or earlier)). Compare French romantico- (formations in which are found from at least the first half of the 19th cent., e.g. romantico-historique (1824 or earlier), romantico-philosophique (1830 or earlier)).Formations in English are found from the first half of the 19th cent. Combining with second elements ultimately of Latin or Greek origin. 1. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘romantic and ——’, as romantico-heroic, romantico-sexual, etc. ΚΠ 1824 T. Carlyle in London Mag. Jan. 40/1 Hence..their [sc. the Germans'] subdivisions of romantic and heroic and romantico-heroic. 1842 Christian Remembrancer Feb. 196 A movement that may be termed romantico-religious,—a grafting of religious feeling on the already existing romantic sentiment of the age. 1900 C. F. Johnson Outl. Hist. Eng. & Amer. Lit. 403 He [sc. William Morris]..wrote a large amount of romantico-narrative poetry of which the ‘Earthly Paradise’..is the most noteworthy. 1936 C. Canfield Plays of Changing Ireland 27 A romantico-patriotic poem fashioned from separate lines from well-known, fervid 18th and 19th century authors. 1984 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Sept. This goes along with the other, less suppressed, romantico-sexual belief in the knight in shining armour. 2008 Sunday Times (Nexis) 3 Aug. 10 Smallish, in romantico-Provençal style, it has gardens and a classy restaurant. 2. Forming nouns with the sense ‘something which partakes of the qualities of romance and ——’, as romantico-history, romantico-realism. ΚΠ a1849 E. A. Poe Marginalia in Wks. (1864) III. 547 His [sc. W. H. Herbert's] romantico-histories have all the effervescence of his verse. 1974 B. S. Medina Confrontations iv. 152 Rendering it again with a quality that folk realism—a truly pervasive romantico-realism—would require. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1824
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