romaunt
/ɹəˈmɔːnt/
romaunt noun: a romantic story told in verse; a romance.
Noun
romaunt (plural romaunts)
- 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.1819, Walter Scott, “Ivanhoe”, in The Waverley Novels, Volume IV, published 1844, page 612
- 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.
Forms of romaunt
| plural | romaunts |
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Origin of romaunt
From Old French romaunt (modern roman), variant of romanz.
Words that rhyme with romaunt
Questions about romaunt
- What does romaunt mean?
- Romaunt means a romantic story told in verse; a romance.
- What part of speech is romaunt?
- Romaunt is a noun.
- How do you pronounce romaunt?
- Romaunt is pronounced /ɹəˈmɔːnt/.
- What is the plural of romaunt?
- The plural of romaunt is romaunts.
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