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Quote:Men always want to be a woman's first love; women have a more subtle instinct: what they like is to be a man's last romance.[Oscar Wilde]



Definitions of: romance

Definition: A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like.

Definition: An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances; as, his courtship, or his life, was a romance.

Definition: A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real; as, a girl full of romance.

Definition: The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages).

Definition: A short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza.

Definition: a love affair, esp. one in which the lovers display their deep affection openly, by romantic gestures.

Definition: To write or tell romances; to indulge in extravagant stories.

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