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Romantic : adj
1: belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the
Romantic movement in the arts; "romantic poetry" [syn:
romanticist, romanticistic]
2: expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her
amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic
adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride" [syn: amatory, amorous]
3: not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic; "as
quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a
romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a
world state" [syn: quixotic, wild-eyed]
(noun)
1: a soulful or amorous idealist
2: an artist of the romantic period or someone influenced by
romanticism [syn: romanticist] [ant: classicist]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Romantic : \Ro*man"tic\, a. [F. romantique, fr. OF. romant. See
Romance.]
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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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