romantic
romantic Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Conducive to, characterized by, or expressive of love and deep affection, or suitable for inspiring feelings of intimacy.
"They booked a quiet, candlelit table at a small bistro for a romantic anniversary dinner."
Having an idealistic, sentimental, or fanciful view of reality that prioritizes imagination and heroism over practical considerations.
"He held a decidedly romantic notion of what life as a traveling musician would be like."
Relating to or characteristic of Romanticism, the late 18th- and 19th-century artistic, literary, and musical movement that emphasized intense emotion, individualism, and the beauty of nature.
"The museum's new exhibition features dramatic landscape paintings from the Romantic era."
• noun
A person with an idealistic, passionate, or sentimental view of life and love, often guided by emotion and imagination rather than practicality.
"As a hopeless romantic, she still kept every handwritten letter they had exchanged in college."
A writer, composer, or artist of the Romantic movement of the late 18th and 19th centuries.
"English Romantics like William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge transformed the conventions of nature poetry."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the mid-17th century from the obsolete French word 'romantique', meaning 'having the qualities of a medieval chivalric tale or romance'. It ultimately derives from Old French 'romanz', which referred to verse narratives written in the vernacular Romance languages rather than scholarly Latin.