romance /rō-mansˈ, rōˈmans or rōˈməns/

1. (with cap) a general name for the vernacular languages that developed out of popular Latin, ie French, Provençal, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian and Romansch, with their various dialects
2. A tale of chivalry, orig one in verse, written in one of these vernaculars
3. Any fictitious and wonderful tale
4. A fictitious narrative in prose or verse which passes beyond the limits of ordinary life
5. A Spanish historical ballad
6. A piece of romantic fiction
7. Romantic fiction as a literary genre
8. A romantic occurrence or series of occurrences
9. A love affair
10. Romantic atmosphere or feeling
11. A leaning towards the romantic
12. An imaginative lie
13. Romanticism
14. A composition of romantic character (music)

1. To write or tell romances
2. To talk extravagantly or with an infusion of fiction
3. To lie
4. To build castles in the air

To woo

1. (with cap) of or relating to Romance
2. Of or relating to romantic fiction

romanˈcer noun

romanˈcical adjective (Lamb)

Dealing with romance

romanˈcing noun and adjective

• goodier
• goodies
• goodiest
• goodiness
• goodinesses
• goodish
• good-King-Henry
• good-lack
• goodlier
• goodliest
• goodlihead
• goodliheads
• good-liking
• goodliness
• goodlinesses
• good-looker
• good-lookers
• good-looking
• good looks
• goodly
• goodlyhead
• goodlyheads
• goodman
• goodman's croft
• goodmen