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romance /rō-mansˈ, rōˈmans or rōˈməns/ noun- (with cap) a general name for the vernacular languages that developed out of popular Latin, ie French, Provençal, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian and Romansch, with their various dialects
- A tale of chivalry, orig one in verse, written in one of these vernaculars
- Any fictitious and wonderful tale
- A fictitious narrative in prose or verse which passes beyond the limits of ordinary life
- A Spanish historical ballad
- A piece of romantic fiction
- Romantic fiction as a literary genre
- A romantic occurrence or series of occurrences
- A love affair
- Romantic atmosphere or feeling
- A leaning towards the romantic
- An imaginative lie
- Romanticism
- A composition of romantic character (music)
intransitive verb- To write or tell romances
- To talk extravagantly or with an infusion of fiction
- To lie
- To build castles in the air
transitive verb To woo adjective- (with cap) of or relating to Romance
- Of or relating to romantic fiction
ORIGIN: OFr romanz, from (hypothetical) LL rōmānicē (adv), in (popular) Roman language romanˈcer noun romanˈcical adjective (Lamb) Dealing with romance romanˈcing noun and adjective |