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  1. romance
    [rōˈmans, ˈrōˌmans]
    noun
    romance (noun)
    romances (plural noun)
    1. a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love:
      "in search of romance"
      • a quality or feeling of mystery, excitement, and remoteness from everyday life:
        "the beauty and romance of the night"
        Similar:
        mystery
        glamour
        excitement
        colorfulness
        color
        exoticism
        mystique
        • a medieval tale dealing with a hero of chivalry, of the kind common in the Romance languages:
          "the Arthurian romances"
          • a work of fiction dealing with events remote from real life, especially one of a kind popular in the 16th and 17th centuries:
            "Elizabethan pastoral romances"
            verb
            romance (verb)
            romances (third person present)
            romanced (past tense)
            romanced (past participle)
            romancing (present participle)
            1. dated
              court; woo:
              "the wealthy estate owner romanced her"
              Similar:
              court
              pay court to
              pursue
              chase
              run after
              spark
              chase after
              • another term for romanticize.
                "to a certain degree I am romancing the past"
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                Pronunciation
                noun
                rōˈmans
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                Origin
                Middle English: from Romance, originally denoting a composition in the vernacular as opposed to works in Latin. Early use denoted vernacular verse on the theme of chivalry; the sense ‘genre centered on romantic love’ dates from the mid 17th century.
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                romance
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