romaunt

[ roh-mahnt, -mawnt ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. a romantic tale or poem; romance.

romaunt

/ rəˈmɔːnt /

noun

1. archaic.
   a verse romance

Word History and Origins

Origin of romaunt¹

1520–30; < Anglo-French, variant of Old French romant romance ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of romaunt¹

C16: from Old French; see romantic

Example Sentences

And so did Keats, Shakespeare and Petrarch, and all the rest, and it was in The Romaunt of the Rose.

From Literature

She then took her lute and sang a romaunt of the day.

From Project Gutenberg

See also Romaunt de la rose, v.

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The intimate life stories of no other periods in history are so well illustrated, nor so readily to be comprehended, as those of Homer and the authors of the medieval Romaunt.

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“The Romaunt of the Rose” has the traditional refrain of other strictures in verse, when it declares that “Physiciens and advocates, Gon right by the same yates,yates, gates They selle hir science for winning.winning, gain ···· For they nil in no maner greeno kind of good will Do right nought for charitee.”

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