DictionaryRoot: -ique
French
-ique
connected with or characteristic of
Forms
- -ique
- -ic — The ending was respelled or shortened in many English borrowings.
Origin
French developed or borrowed this ending from Latin -icus and Greek -ikos.
Note
Some English words retain the French spelling rather than replacing it with -ic.
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adjective / noun
romantic
roh-MAN-tik/rəʊˈmæntɪk/
Guided by emotional imagination and ideals.
Etymology
Romantic originally meant resembling a romance narrative, especially its heroic or marvelous adventures. Because such stories commonly portrayed ideal love affairs, the adjective also came to describe love and idealized emotion.