Contextualizebeta

romantic

adj
/ɹoʊˈmæntɪk/US/ɹəʊˈmæntɪk/UK

Etymology

Etymology tree Vulgar Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Vulgar Latin -nus Vulgar Latin -ānus Vulgar Latin rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Vulgar Latin -icus Vulgar Latin rōmānicus Vulgar 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 From romant + -ic, or borrowed from Late Latin romanticus (“(of a poem) having qualities of a romance”). Compare French romantique, which is borrowed from English. Also compare Spanish romántico, Portuguese romântico, Italian romantico, Dutch romantisch, and German romantisch and Romantiker (“a composer of Romantic music”), all of which are borrowed from English or French.

  1. learned borrowing from romanticus — “(of a poem) having qualities of a romance”

Definitions

  1. Of a work of literature, a writer etc.

    Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time; fantastic.

  2. Fictitious, imaginary.

  3. Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.)

    Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).

    • Mary sighed, knowing her ideals were far too romantic to work in reality.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. Having the qualities of romance (in the sense of something appealing deeply to the…

      Having the qualities of romance (in the sense of something appealing deeply to the imagination); invoking on a powerfully sentimental idea of life; evocative, atmospheric.

      • But here is an artist. He desires to paint you the dreamiest, shadiest, quietest, most enchanting bit of romantic landscape in all the valley of the Saco.
      • Somehow she wasn't a real sister, but that only made her the more romantic.
      • Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.

    2. Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a…

      Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.

      • Their kiss started casually, but it slowly turned romantic.
      • Contrary to the popular perception that love typically sparks from passion, a new study finds two-thirds of romantic relationships begin as long-term friendships.

    3. Alternative letter-case form of Romantic

    4. Experiencing romantic attraction.

      • Grayromantic asexual people are between romantic and aromantic and less likely to experience romantic attraction compared to most people.

    5. A person with romantic character (a character like those of the knights in a mythic…

      A person with romantic character (a character like those of the knights in a mythic romance).

    6. A person who is behaving romantically (in a manner befitting someone who feels an…

      A person who is behaving romantically (in a manner befitting someone who feels an idealized form of love).

      • Oh, flowers! You're such a romantic.
      • Kaldor is an interesting lyricist, and it is easy to identify with her imagery. She's also an unabashed romantic of the most extreme kind, with lines like "For we can talk without speaking/we can see without light/I'll never leave you...."

    7. Of or pertaining to Romance.

    8. Of or pertaining to Romanticism.

    9. Synonym of Romance.

    10. An artist involved in the Romantic movement.

The neighborhood

Derived

aegoromantic, androromantic, aromantic, biromantic, bromantic, demiromantic, grayromantic, heteroromantic, homoromantic, hyperromantic, lithromantic, neo-Romantic, overromantic, panromantic, polyromantic, postromantic, pseudoromantic, recipromantic, Romantic, romantically, romantic comedy, romantic friendship, romantic guitar, romanticisation, romanticise, Romanticism, romanticist, romanticity, romanticization, romanticize, romanticly, romantic necrophiliac, romanticness, romantic orientation, romantic partner, romedy, semiromantic, sismantic, superromantic, technoromantic · +5 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at romantic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01romantic02idea03perfect04flaw05shiver06sail07arranged08couple

A definitional loop anchored at romantic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at romantic

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA