romantic

ro•man•tic

[[t]roʊˈmæn tɪk[/t]] adj.

1) of or pertaining to romance

2) impractical or unrealistic; fanciful

3) imbued with idealism, a desire for adventure, etc

4) preoccupied with love or by the idealizing of love

5) expressing love or strong affection

6) ardent; passionate; fervent

7) fia lit. (often cap.) of or characteristic of a style of literature and art that subordinates form to content, encourages freedom of treatment, emphasizes imagination, emotion, and introspection, and often celebrates nature, the ordinary person, and freedom of the spirit

(contrasted with classical 7)).

8) mad of or pertaining to a musical style, esp. of the 19th century, marked by the free expression of imagination and emotion, virtuosic display, experimentation with form, and the adventurous development of orchestral and piano music and opera

9) imaginary, fictitious, or fabulous

10) noting the role of a suitor in a play about love:

the romantic lead[/ex]

11) a romantic person

12) (often cap.) an adherent of Romanticism

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Etymology: 1640–50; < OF romant, taken as oblique form of romanz romance ro•man′ti•cal•ly, adv.