Added 9 October 2026
romantic
/ɹə(ʊ)ˈmæntɪk/ noun
Latin root: romanticus Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about romantic at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- A soulful or amorous idealist.
- An artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism.
adjective
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Belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts.
romantic poetry
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Expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance.
her amatory affairs
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Not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic.
as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood
Origin
From romant + -ic, or borrowed from Late Latin romanticus (“(of a poem) having qualities of a romance”). Compare French romantique, which is borrowed from English. Also compare Spanish romántico, Portuguese romântico, Italian romantico, Dutch romantisch, and German romantisch and Romantiker (“a composer of Romantic music”), all of which are borrowed from English or French.
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