Romanic [roh-man-ik] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- derived from the Romans.
- romance1(def 13).
noun
Origin of Romanic 1700–10; Latin Rōmānicus Roman, equivalent to Rōmān(us) Roman + -icus -ic Examples from the Web for romanic Historical Examples of romanic
In the Romanic world the name of Dupanloup acts like a charm.
The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
E. Rameur
He had picked up a few sentences of the Romanic, with which he affected to give orders to his Greek servant.
A. W. Kinglake
This kind of rhyme was very popular among the Romanic nations, and among them alone.
A History of English Versification
Jakob Schipper
These two last-mentioned verse-forms are very similar to two popular metres formed on the model of Romanic metres.
A History of English Versification
Jakob Schipper
Both in Middle English and in Romanic poetry we find stanzas with a single rhyme only and stanzas with varied rhymes.
A History of English Versification
Jakob Schipper
British Dictionary definitions for romanic Romanic adjective
Word Origin and History for romanic Romanic adj.
“pertaining to Rome or the Roman people,” 1708, originally in reference to languages descended from Latin, from Latin Romanicus, from Romanus “Roman” (see Roman).