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.
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.
