romantcism.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 of, characterized by, or suggestive of an idealized, sentimental, or fantastic view of reality; remote from experience (a romantic picture; a romantic setting).
2 inclined towards or suggestive of romance in love (a romantic woman; a romantic evening; romantic words).
3 (of a person) imaginative, visionary, idealistic.
4 a (of style in art, music, etc.) concerned more with feeling and emotion than with form and aesthetic qualities; preferring grandeur or picturesqueness to finish and proportion. b (also Romantic) of or relating to the 18th-19th-c. romantic movement or style in the European arts.
5 (of a project etc.) unpractical, fantastic.

--n.

1 a romantic person.
2 a romanticist.

romantically adv. [romant tale of chivalry etc. f. OF f. romanz ROMANCE]

romantcism.html - n.
(also Romanticism) adherence to a romantic style in art, music, etc.

romantcism.html - n.
(also Romanticist) a writer or artist of the romantic school.

romantcism.html - v.
(also -ise)
1 tr. a make or render romantic or unreal (a romanticized account of war). b describe or portray in a romantic fashion.
2 intr. indulge in romantic thoughts or actions.

romanticization n.

romantcism.html - {n.} The high, plain, white collar worn by priests and clergymen. * /The man with the Roman collar is the new Episcopalian preacher./ * /Many Protestant churches do not require their ministers to wear Roman collars./

romantcism.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 a of ancient Rome or its territory or people. b archaic of its language.
2 of medieval or modern Rome.
3 of papal Rome, esp. = ROMAN CATHOLIC.
4 of a kind ascribed to the early Romans (Roman honesty; Roman virtue).
5 surviving from a period of Roman rule (Roman road).
6 (roman) (of type) of a plain upright kind used in ordinary print.
7 (of the alphabet etc.) based on the ancient Roman system with letters A-Z.

--n.

1 a a citizen of the ancient Roman Republic or Empire. b a soldier of the Roman Empire.
2 a citizen of modern Rome.
3 = ROMAN CATHOLIC.
4 (roman) roman type.
5 (in pl.) the Christians of ancient Rome.

Holy Roman Empire the Western part of the Roman Empire as revived by Charlemagne in 800. Roman candle a firework discharging a series of flaming coloured balls and sparks. Roman Empire hist. that established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided by Theodosius in AD 395 into the Western or Latin and Eastern or Greek Empire. Roman holiday enjoyment derived from others' discomfiture. Roman law the law-code developed by the ancient Romans and forming the basis of many modern codes. Roman nose one with a high bridge; an aquiline nose. roman numeral any of the Roman letters representing numbers: I = 1, V = 5, X = 10, L = 50, C = 100, D = 500, M = 1000. [ME f. OF Romain (n. & adj.) f. L Romanus f. Roma Rome]