romaunt

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ɹəˈmɔːnt/
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/ɹəˈmɔːnt/ · /ɹəʊˈmɔːnt/

Definition of romaunt

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (archaic)A romantic story told in verse; a romance.
    “They are forbidden to read, save what their Superior permitted[…]; but lo! their ears are at the command of idle minstrels, and their eyes study empty romaunts.”
    “1844, Caroline de Crespigny (translator), Ernst Schulze, The Enchanted Rose: A Romaunt in Three Cantos, [1818, Ernst Schulze, Die Bezauberte Rose: Romantisches Gedicht in drei Gesängen], W. Hoffmeister.”
    “Those who are acquainted with my former writings must be aware that I use the word 'romantic' always in a noble sense; meaning the habit of regarding the external and real world as a singer of Romaunts would have regarded it in the Middle Ages[…].”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Vulgar Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Vulgar Latin -nus Vulgar Latin -ānus Vulgar Latin rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Vulgar Latin -icus Vulgar Latin rōmānicus Vulgar Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romaunt From Old French romaunt (modern roman), variant of romanz.

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