romaunt

English

Etymology

From Old French romaunt (modern roman), variant of romanz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹəˈmɔːnt/, /ɹəʊˈmɔːnt/

Noun

romaunt (plural romaunts)

  1. (archaic) A romantic story told in verse; a romance.
    • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe 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, The Enchanted Rose, a romaunt, in three cantos, translated from the German of Ernst Schulze.
    • 1884, John Ruskin, Art of England volume 1 The habit of regarding the external and real world as a singer of Romaunts would have regarded it.

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