romaunt
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French romaunt (modern roman), variant of romanz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]romaunt (plural romaunts)
- (archaic) A romantic story told in verse; a romance.
- 1819, Walter Scott, “Ivanhoe”, in The Waverley Novels, Volume IV, published 1844, page 612:
- They are forbidden to read, save what their Superior permitted […] ; but lo! their ears are at the command of idle minstrels, and their eyes study empty romaunts.
- 1844, Caroline de Crespigny (translator), Ernst Schulze, The Enchanted Rose: A Romaunt in Three Cantos, [1818, Ernst Schulze, Die Bezauberte Rose: Romantisches Gedicht in drei Gesängen], W. Hoffmeister.
- 1884, John Ruskin, “The Art of England”, in The Complete Works of John Ruskin, volume 21, published 1910, page 3:
- Those who are acquainted with my former writings must be aware that I use the word 'romantic' always in a noble sense; meaning the habit of regarding the external and real world as a singer of Romaunts would have regarded it in the Middle Ages […] .