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roˈmancical, a. rare.
[f. romance + -ical.]
1. Of the nature of romances; romantic.
1656Duchess of Newcastle Natures Pictures c 2 b, Those Tales I call my Romancicall Tales. 1667― Life Dk. Newcastle Pref. (1886) p. lvii, Telling romancical falsehoods for historical truths. 1825Lamb Lett. (1888) II. 138 That all Spain overflowed with romancical books (as Madge Newcastle calls them).
2. Composing or inventing romances.
1822Lamb Elia i. Compl. Decay of Beggars, The poets and romancical writers (as dear Margaret Newcastle would call them). 1886Academy 31 July 69/1 The author of Grandmother's Money is an old romancical hand. 1889Sat. Rev. 18 May 619/2 The representations of poets and romancical writers. |