- 1. a. Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking. Source: opted
- 2. a. Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic mind. Source: opted
- 3. a. 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. Source: opted
- 4. a. Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape. Source: opted
- 5. adj. belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts Source: wordnet
- 6. adj. expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance Source: wordnet
- 7. adj. not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic Source: wordnet
- 8. n. a soulful or amorous idealist Source: wordnet
- 9. n. an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism Source: wordnet
- 10. 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. Source: webster
- 11. j:97/n:3 n. a soulful or amorous idealist a. belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts Source: ecdict
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