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Romance Definition | What is Romance? - PoetrySoup

Definition

[n] an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
[n] a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
[n] a story dealing with love
[n] the group of languages derived from Latin
[n] a relationship between two lovers
[adj] relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance languages"
[v] tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"
[v] talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
[v] have a love affair with
[v] make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"

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Synonyms

butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, court, dally, flirt, Latin, Latinian language, love affair, love story, mash, philander, Romance language, romanticism, solicit, woo

See Also...

act, bodice ripper, Catalan, chase, chase after, display, French, Gothic romance, intrigue, Italian, Latin, lie, love, move, novel, Portuguese, quality, relationship, Rumanian, Spanish, speak, stardust, story, talk, vamp, wanton

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