Definitions
expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance
Word 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.
Used in a sentence
“Mary sighed, knowing her ideals were far too romantic to work in reality.”
“But here is an artist. He desires to paint you the dreamiest, shadiest, quietest, most enchanting bit of romantic landscape in all the valley of the Saco.”
“Somehow she wasn't a real sister, but that only made her the more romantic.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Suited to love”8 letters
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