romanticalnessn.
/rə(ʊ)ˈmantᵻklnəs/, U.S. /roʊˈmæn(t)əkəlnəs/ The quality or character of being romantic; = romanticness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > quality appealing to emotion or imagination > [noun]
romanticness1701
colour1733
romanticalness1770
romanticality1773
romanticity1782
1770 G. Baretti Journey London to Genoa II. 134 This village..has nothing remarkable but the romanticalness of its situation.
1863 E. Weller Improved Dict. ii. 293/1 Romantisme, romanticalness, the romantic style.
1873 Sunday Mag. 2 87/2 Them God doesn't give much romanticalness to are just those that haven't got what is necessary to keep romanticalness from being sheer rubbish.
1930 W. de la Mare Desert Islands 9 Drenched with a romanticalness of which its original owner had not the faintest inkling.
1962 G. P. Elliott in H. T. Moore World of Lawrence Durrell 89 [She] probably met a fate so appalling we are more impressed by its romanticalness than shocked by its horror.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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