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English
Etymology
From Old French romaunt (modern roman), variant of romanz.
Pronunciation
Noun
romaunt (plural romaunts)
- (archaic) A romantic story told in verse; a romance.
1819, Walter Scott, “Ivanhoe”, in The Waverley Novels, Volume IV, published 1844, page 612: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, , W. Hoffmeister.
1884, John Ruskin, “The Art of England”, in The Complete Works of John Ruskin, volume 21, published 1910, page 3: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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