romance

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romance tale in verse embodying adventure, esp. of medieval legend XIII; fictitious narrative in prose; (after Sp. and F. romance) Spanish historical ballad XVII. ME. roma(u)nz, -a(u)ns — OF. romanz, -ans, fem. romance the vernacular tongue (as dist. from literary L.), work composed in this:- popL. *rōmānice ‘in the Romanic tongue’, adv. of L. Rōmānicus, f. Rōmānus ROMAN; see -IC.
So vb. (XIV), XVII. — OF. romancier, romancer (-ER2) (XIV),XVII. — OF. romancëor, -cier.

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