romance.
An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
Meaning & usage
An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.
Idealized love which is pure or beautiful.
A story, novel, film, etc., centred around an idealized love relationship.
A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.
A tale of high adventure.
A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.
the romance of cruising down the Nile.
A literary or filmic genre about idealized love.
An embellished account of something; an idealized lie.
An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.
His life was a romance.
A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.
She was so full of romance she would forget what she was supposed to be doing.
A sentimental piece of music; a romanza.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English romauns, roumance, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French romanz, romans (the vernacular language of France, as opposed to Latin), from Medieval Latin rōmānicē, Vulgar Latin rōmānicē (“in the Roman language”, adverb), from Latin rōmānicus (“roman”, adjective) from rōmānus (“a Roman”). Doublet of Romansch.
To woo; to court.
To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.
To talk extravagantly and imaginatively; to build castles in the air.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English romauns, roumance, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French romanz, romans (the vernacular language of France, as opposed to Latin), from Medieval Latin rōmānicē, Vulgar Latin rōmānicē (“in the Roman language”, adverb), from Latin rōmānicus (“roman”, adjective) from rōmānus (“a Roman”). Doublet of Romansch.
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