ro·mance [ rō mánss ]
noun (plural ro·manc·es)
Definition:
1. love affair: a love affair, especially a brief and intense one
This is more than just a holiday romance.
2. physical love: sexual love, especially when the other person or the relationship is idealized or when it is exciting and intense
3. spirit of adventure: a spirit or feeling of adventure, excitement, the potential for heroic achievement, and the exotic
the romance of cruising down the Nile
4. fascination with something: a fascination or enthusiasm for something, especially of an uncritical or inexplicable kind
his lifelong romance with football
5. story of love: a novel, movie, or play with a love story as its main theme
a writer of cheap romances
6. love stories collectively: love stories considered as a genre
7. medieval adventure story: a story of the adventures of chivalrous heroes written in verse or prose in a vernacular language in the Middle Ages
8. medieval adventure stories collectively: the genre of medieval adventure stories
Arthurian romance
9. narrative of adventures: a fictional narrative dealing with exciting and extravagant adventures
a romance of piracy on the high seas
10. fictitious account: an extravagant or absurd fictitious account of something
11. music short lyrical piece: a short lyrical song or instrumental composition, usually expressing or evoking tender emotions
verb (past and past participle ro·manced, present participle ro·manc·ing, 3rd person present singular ro·manc·es)
Definition:
1. intransitive verb tell adventurous stories: to tell or write extravagant or idealized fictitious accounts
2. intransitive verb tell love stories: to tell or write stories about love
3. intransitive verb think romantically: to think or behave in a romantic way
4. transitive verb treat somebody romantically: to treat somebody in a special way during a love relationship or with a view to entering on one
5. transitive verb have affair with somebody: to have a love affair with somebody
[13th century. < Old French romanz "(work composed) in French" < assumed Vulgar Latin romanice "in the vernacular," form of Latin romanicus "Roman" < Roma "Rome"]
ro·manc·er [ rō mánsər ] noun
To me being a romantic is getting more and more difficult. The times are getting less and less romantic. Being in the heat of an economic crisis is not what I call romantic. Even if passion were flying at this time you are likely to have to deal with aggressive panhandlers at this point in history. Nothing can disturb romance more than violence and there's plenty of that. Just turn on the TV if you need reminding. Perhaps there is a passionate secret door that escapes the harsh realities out there. Perhaps we don't have to be infected with the fear we feel and can feel brave to the juices of our hearts. Perhaps good things are just beginning and around the corner come next year the dreams will begin with even more splendor than before.
noun (plural ro·manc·es)
Definition:
1. love affair: a love affair, especially a brief and intense one
This is more than just a holiday romance.
2. physical love: sexual love, especially when the other person or the relationship is idealized or when it is exciting and intense
3. spirit of adventure: a spirit or feeling of adventure, excitement, the potential for heroic achievement, and the exotic
the romance of cruising down the Nile
4. fascination with something: a fascination or enthusiasm for something, especially of an uncritical or inexplicable kind
his lifelong romance with football
5. story of love: a novel, movie, or play with a love story as its main theme
a writer of cheap romances
6. love stories collectively: love stories considered as a genre
7. medieval adventure story: a story of the adventures of chivalrous heroes written in verse or prose in a vernacular language in the Middle Ages
8. medieval adventure stories collectively: the genre of medieval adventure stories
Arthurian romance
9. narrative of adventures: a fictional narrative dealing with exciting and extravagant adventures
a romance of piracy on the high seas
10. fictitious account: an extravagant or absurd fictitious account of something
11. music short lyrical piece: a short lyrical song or instrumental composition, usually expressing or evoking tender emotions
verb (past and past participle ro·manced, present participle ro·manc·ing, 3rd person present singular ro·manc·es)
Definition:
1. intransitive verb tell adventurous stories: to tell or write extravagant or idealized fictitious accounts
2. intransitive verb tell love stories: to tell or write stories about love
3. intransitive verb think romantically: to think or behave in a romantic way
4. transitive verb treat somebody romantically: to treat somebody in a special way during a love relationship or with a view to entering on one
5. transitive verb have affair with somebody: to have a love affair with somebody
[13th century. < Old French romanz "(work composed) in French" < assumed Vulgar Latin romanice "in the vernacular," form of Latin romanicus "Roman" < Roma "Rome"]
ro·manc·er [ rō mánsər ] noun
To me being a romantic is getting more and more difficult. The times are getting less and less romantic. Being in the heat of an economic crisis is not what I call romantic. Even if passion were flying at this time you are likely to have to deal with aggressive panhandlers at this point in history. Nothing can disturb romance more than violence and there's plenty of that. Just turn on the TV if you need reminding. Perhaps there is a passionate secret door that escapes the harsh realities out there. Perhaps we don't have to be infected with the fear we feel and can feel brave to the juices of our hearts. Perhaps good things are just beginning and around the corner come next year the dreams will begin with even more splendor than before.
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