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Romanic


Romanic [roh-man-ik] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

  1. derived from the Romans.
  2. romance1(def 13).

noun

  1. romance1(def 9).

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.

    Eothen

    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

    1. another word for Roman, Romance

    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).

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