Romance

adj : relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance

languages" [syn: {Romance}, {Latin}]

n 1: a relationship between two lovers [syn: {love affair}]

2: an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or

adventure) [syn: {romanticism}]

3: the group of languages derived from Latin [syn: {Romance}, {Romance

language}, {Latinian language}]

4: a story dealing with love [syn: {love story}]

5: a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday

life

v 1: make amorous advances towards; "john is courting Mary" [syn:

{woo}, {court}, {solicit}]

2: have a love affair with

3: talk amorously; "The guys always try to chat up the new

secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"

[syn: {chat up}, {flirt}, {dally}, {coquet}, {coquette}, {philander},

{mash}]

4: tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his

trip to an exotic country"