α. 1600s 1900s– romanso, 1800s– romanzo.
β. 1600s romanço.
romanzon.
/rə(ʊ)ˈmantsəʊ/, U.S. /roʊˈmæn(t)soʊ/ rare.† 1. Romantic style. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > glamorous style
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1647 J. Evelyn Let. 6 Dec. in Diary & Corr. (1852) III. 5 For I was expected all ribbon, feather, and romanço.
2. = romance n. 1, 3a.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > romance > [noun] > a romance
roman1574
romance1589
romancy1621
romanza1622
romanzoa1665
a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) Pref. p. xxiii Sweet boys and dear venturous knights, worthy to be put in a new romanso.
1806 La Belle Assemblée Nov. 536/2 A romanzo, or metrical history, sung..by a blind Neapolitan boy,..the subject and manner whereof is as northern as possible.
1894 Mod. Lang. Notes 9 92/1 Barrili serves up a romanzo out of material not too abundant for a simple novella, introducing numerous characters that have nothing to do with the main theme.
1992 Compar. Lit. 44 430 Others argued that Orlando furioso was not an epic at all but a poem of a distinctively modern kind, a romanzo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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