romance >> rə(ʊ)ˈmans
Definition: [noun] a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love.
Example: I had a thirst for romance
Definition: [noun] a quality or feeling of mystery, excitement, and remoteness from everyday life.
Example: the romance of the sea
Definition: [noun] a medieval tale dealing with a hero of chivalry, of the kind common in the Romance languages.
Example: the Arthurian romances
Definition: [noun] a work of fiction depicting a setting and events remote from everyday life, especially one of a kind popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Example: Elizabethan pastoral romances
Definition: [noun] a short informal piece.
Example: the romance from The Gadfly became a popular favourite
Definition: [verb] try to gain the love of; court.
Example: the wealthy estate owner romanced her
Definition: [verb] another term for romanticize.
Example: to a certain degree I am romancing the past