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Meaning of romance

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Romance
      adj 1: relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance
             languages" [syn: {Romance}, {Latin}]
      n 1: a relationship between two lovers [syn: {love affair},
           {romance}]
      2: an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or
         adventure) [syn: {romanticism}, {romance}]
      3: the group of languages derived from Latin [syn: {Romance},
         {Romance language}, {Latinian language}]
      4: a story dealing with love [syn: {love story}, {romance}]
      5: a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday
         life
      v 1: make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"
           [syn: {woo}, {court}, {romance}, {solicit}]
      2: have a love affair with
      3: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The
         guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband
         never flirts with other women" [syn: {chat up}, {flirt},
         {dally}, {butterfly}, {coquet}, {coquette}, {romance},
         {philander}, {mash}]
      4: tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his
         trip to an exotic country"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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