Merriam-Websters
Definition of ROMANCE
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a (1) : a medieval tale based on legend, chivalric love and adventure, or the supernatural (2) : a prose narrative treating imaginary characters involved in events remote in time or place and usually heroic, adventurous, or mysterious (3) : a love story especially in the form of a novel b : a class of such literature
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: something (as an extravagant story or account) that lacks basis in fact
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: an emotional attraction or aura belonging to an especially heroic era, adventure, or activity
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: love affair
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capitalized : the Romance languages
Origin of ROMANCE
Middle English romauns, from Anglo-French romanz French, narrative in French, from Medieval Latin Romanice in a vernacular (as opposed to Latin), from Late Latin Romanus Gallo-Romance speaker (as opposed to a Frank), from Latin, Roman
First Known Use: 14th century