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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.
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Can anything in nature be imagined more profane and
impious, more absurd, and undeed romantic, than such
a persuasion? --South.
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Zeal for the good of one's country a party of men
have represented as chimerical and romantic.
--Addison.
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2. Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance;
as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.
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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.
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4. Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of
adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; --
applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.
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Syn: Sentimental; fanciful; fantastic; fictitious;
extravagant; wild; chimerical. See {Sentimental}.
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{The romantic drama}. See under {Drama}.
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