Meaning

noun impractical romantic ideals and attitudes

noun a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization

noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

originEtymology tree Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic Proto-Indo-European *-id-…

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