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Rom.

 
Use rom. in a Sentence
1. Roman.
2. Romance.
3. Romania.
4. Romanian.
5. Romanic.
6. Romans (New Testament).
Also, Rom (for defs. 2, 5).
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rom.

 
roman (printing type).

ro⋅mance

1  [n., adj. roh-mans, roh-mans; v. roh-mans] noun, verb, -manced, -manc⋅ing, adjective
–noun
1. a novel or other prose narrative depicting heroic or marvelous deeds, pageantry, romantic exploits, etc., usually in a historical or imaginary setting.
2. the colorful world, life, or conditions depicted in such tales.
3. a medieval narrative, originally one in verse and in some Romance dialect, treating of heroic, fantastic, or supernatural events, often in the form of allegory.
4. a baseless, made-up story, usually full of exaggeration or fanciful invention.
5. a romantic spirit, sentiment, emotion, or desire.
6. romantic character or quality.
7. a romantic affair or experience; a love affair.
8. (initial capital letter) Also, Romanic. Also called Romance languages. the group of Italic Indo-European languages descended since a.d. 800 from Latin, as French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Provençal, Catalan, Rhaeto-Romanic, Sardinian, and Ladino. Abbreviation: Rom.
–verb (used without object)
9. to invent or relate romances; indulge in fanciful or extravagant stories or daydreams.
10. to think or talk romantically.
–verb (used with object)
11. Informal.
a. to court or woo romantically; treat with ardor or chivalrousness: He's currently romancing a very attractive widow.
b. to court the favor of or make overtures to; play up to: They need to romance the local business community if they expect to do business here.
–adjective
12. (initial capital letter) Also, Romanic. of, pertaining to, or noting Romance: a Romance language.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME romaunce Romanic language, composition in such a language < OF, deriv. of romanz, romans (adj.) Romanic < VL *Rōmānicē (adv.) in a Romance language, deriv. of L Rōmānicus Romanic

Related forms:
ro⋅manc⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. story, fiction. 4. falsehood, fable. 6. allure, fascination, exoticism.

Ro⋅mans

  [roh-muhnz]
–noun (used with a singular verb)
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
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rom.  
abbr.  Printing roman
Rom.  
abbr.  

  1. Roman

  2. Romance (languages)

  3. Romania

  4. Romanian

  5. Bible Romans

Ro·man   (rō'mən)   
adj.  

    1. Of or relating to ancient or modern Rome or its people or culture.

    2. Of or relating to the Roman Empire.

    3. Of, relating to, or composed in the Latin language.

    4. Of or using the Latin alphabet.

    1. Of, relating to, or composed in the Latin language.

    2. Of or using the Latin alphabet.

  3. Of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.

  4. Of or being an architectural style developed by the ancient Romans and characterized by the round arch as chief structural element, the vault, concrete masonry construction, and classical ornamentation.

  5. roman Of or being a typestyle characterized by upright letters having serifs and vertical lines thicker than horizontal lines.

n.  

  1. A native, inhabitant, or citizen of ancient or modern Rome.

  2. The Italian language as spoken in Rome.

  3. One belonging to the Roman Catholic Church.

  4. roman Roman print or typestyle.

  5. Romans (used with a sing. verb) Abbr. Rom. or Rm See Table at Bible.


[Middle English, from Old English Rōmān or from Old French romain, both from Latin Rōmānus, from Rōma, Rome.]
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Cultural Dictionary

romance

In traditional literary terms, a narration of the extraordinary exploits of heroes, often in exotic or mysterious settings. Most of the stories of King Arthur and his knights are romances.

The term romance has also been used for stories of mysterious adventures, not necessarily of heroes. Like the heroic kind of romance, however, these adventure romances usually are set in distant places. William Shakespeare's play The Tempest is this kind of romance.

Today, a novel concerned mainly with love is often called a romance. Romances are frequently published in paperback series.

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Word Origin & History

romance 
c.1300, "story of a hero's adventures," also (c.1330), "vernacular language of France" (as opposed to Latin), from O.Fr. romanz "verse narrative," originally an adverb, "in the vernacular language," from V.L. *romanice scribere "to write in a Romance language" (one developed from Latin instead of Frankish), from L. Romanicus "of or in the Roman style," from Romanus "Roman" (see Roman). The connecting notion is that medieval vernacular tales were usually about chivalric adventure. Literary sense extended by 1667 to "a love story." Extended 1612 to other modern languages derived from Latin (Spanish, Italian, etc.). Meaning "adventurous quality" first recorded 1801; that of "love affair, idealistic quality" is from 1916. The verb meaning "court as a lover" is from 1942.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
Rom.

  1. Roman

  2. Romance

  3. Romania

  4. Romanian

  5. Romans

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