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romaunt
[ roh-mahnt, -mawnt ]
noun
, Archaic.
- a romantic tale or poem; romance.
romaunt
/ rəˈmɔːnt /
noun
- archaic.a verse romance
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of romaunt1
C16: from Old French; see romantic
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Example Sentences
In his own translation of the Romaunt, l. 1393, he translates toise by fadome.
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In this interval he translated the Romaunt of the Rose, the most famous poetical work of the middle ages.
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In the Romaunt de la Rose the thing discussed seems to be positive vice.
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Chaucer's "Romaunt of the Rose" describes for us the movement of the "karole," danced on the "grene gras" in the spring days.
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Fair dames and damsels, may your loves be as happy as those of the heroine of this romaunt.
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