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Romantic

Romantic (romantic)
a.(?)
Ro*man"tic
[F. romantique, fr. OF. romant. See Romance.]
  1. Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking.

    Can anything in nature be imagined more profane and impious, more absurd, and undeed romantic, than such a persuasion? South.

    Zeal for the good of one's country a party of men have represented as chimerical and romantic. Addison.

  2. Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.
  3. Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style; as, the romantic school of poets.
  4. Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.

    Syn. -- Sentimental; fanciful; fantastic; fictitious; extravagant; wild; chimerical. See Sentimental.

    The romantic drama. See under Drama.














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