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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
romantic
    adj 1: belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the
           Romantic Movement in the arts; "romantic poetry" [syn:
           romantic, romanticist, romanticistic]
    2: expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her
       amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure";
       "a romantic moonlight ride" [syn: amatory, amorous,
       romantic]
    3: not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and
       unrealistic; "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval
       knighthood"; "a romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed
       dream of a world state" [syn: quixotic, romantic, wild-
       eyed]
    n 1: a soulful or amorous idealist
    2: an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by
       Romanticism [syn: romanticist, romantic] [ant:
       classicist]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Romantic \Ro*man"tic\, a. [F. romantique, fr. OF. romant. See
   Romance.]
   1. Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling
      romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal;
      as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic
      undertaking.
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            Can anything in nature be imagined more profane and
            impious, more absurd, and undeed romantic, than such
            a persuasion?                         --South.
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            Zeal for the good of one's country a party of men
            have represented as chimerical and romantic.
                                                  --Addison.
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   2. Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance;
      as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.
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   3. Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular
      literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical
      antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style;
      as, the romantic school of poets.
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   4. Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of
      adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; --
      applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.
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   Syn: Sentimental; fanciful; fantastic; fictitious;
        extravagant; wild; chimerical. See Sentimental.
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   The romantic drama. See under Drama.
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