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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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1828 Definition
ROMANCE, n. romans', ro'mans.
ROMANCE, v.i. romans', ro'mans. To forge and tell fictitious stories; to deal in extravagant stories.
1913 Definition
A species of
fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance
dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of
Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful
tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising
adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of
extravagant adventures, of love, and the like.
"Romances
that been royal." Chaucer.
Upon these three columns -- chivalry, gallantry, and religion -- repose the fictions of the Middle Ages, especially those known as romances. These, such as we now know them, and such as display the characteristics above mentioned, were originally metrical, and chiefly written by nations of the north of France. Hallam. An adventure, or series of extraordinary
events, resembling those narrated in romances; as, his courtship, or
his life, was a romance.
A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a
disposition to ignore what is real; as, a girl full of
romance.
The languages, or rather the several
dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and
have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the
Romanic languages).
A short lyric tale set to
music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a
romanza.
Syn. -- Fable; novel; fiction; tale. Of or pertaining to
the language or dialects known as Romance.
To write or tell romances] to indulge in
extravagant stories.
A very brave officer, but apt to romance. Walpole. | ||||||||
Noah Says...
The principles of genuine liberty, and of wise laws and administrations, are to be drawn from the Bible and sustained by its authority. The man, therefore, who weakens or destroys the divine authority of that Book may be accessory to all the public disorders which society is doomed to suffer.
