Definition for RO-MAN'TIC

RO-MAN'TIC, a.

  1. Pertaining to romance or resembling it; wild; fanciful; extravagant; as, a romantic taste; romantic notions; romantic expectations; romantic zeal.
  2. Improbable or chimerical; fictitious; as, a romantic tale.
  3. Fanciful; wild; full of wild or fantastic scenery; as, a romantic prospect or landscape; a romantic situation.

Return to page 152 of the letter “R”.