romantic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Connected with love or expressing love.

   He planned a romantic dinner for their anniversary.

2. 2
   adj

   Beautiful or appealing in a way that stirs the imagination and feelings.

   The old town has a romantic charm at night.

3. 3
   adj

   Having ideas about life that are not very practical or realistic.

   She had romantic notions of becoming a famous artist overnight.

4. 4
   noun

   A person who is guided by feelings and idealised views of love and life.

   He's a hopeless romantic who believes in love at first sight.

Common collocations

• romantic relationship Adjective + noun
• hopeless romantic Adjective + noun
• hopelessly romantic Adverb + adjective

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 romántic…

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