romant

romance narrative

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An older couple share a tender kiss across a small candlelit dinner table, holding hands beside a modest bouquet of roses.

adjective / noun

romantic

roh-MAN-tik/rəʊˈmæntɪk/

Guided by emotional imagination and ideals.

Etymology

romantFrenchromance narrative

+icFrenchconnected with or characteristic of

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.

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