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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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}] 
  n  1:  a  soulful  or  amorous  idealist 
  2:  an  artist  of  the  romantic  period  or  someone  influenced  by 
  romanticism  [syn:  {romanticist}]  [ant:  {classicist}] 




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