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Hist., III. iv. 16. ( Davies.) romelt, v . A Middle English form of roam . rome2t, v. i. [E. dial. raum , shout, cry; rumkinl . romen , roar, growl; prob. Sw.ram a , low. Cf. Rommany, n. and a . reem3 .] To growl; roar. See Romany . rommle (rom'l), v. A dialectal form of rumble . He comanded that thay sulde take a onge dame selle, romneyt, n. Same as Romany . and nakkene hir, and sett hir bifore hym, and thay did romp (romp), v. i. [ rompen ; a var. of soo; and onane he ranne apone hir romyand , as he hadd bene wodd. MS . Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 37. ( Hall i well .) -al.] Same as romantic . [Rare.] But whosoever had the least sagacity in him could not but perceive that this theology of Epicurus was but ro mantical . Cudworth, Intellectual System, i. 2. romantically (ro-manʼti-kal-i), adv . In a romantic manner; fancifully; extravagantly. romanticism (ro-man'ti-sizm), rō-man ́ti-sizm), n. [ romantic [ lit. , the use of romantic forms shown in the reaction from cla ical to medieval models which originated in Ger many in the last half of the eighteenth century Similar reactions took place at a later period in France and England. See romantic school, under romantic . In poetic literature there came that splendid burst of Romanticism in which Cole ridge was the first and most potent participant. Shairp , D. G. Ro etti, ii. 2. Romantic feeling, expre ion, action, or conduct; a tendency to romance. Romanticism , which has helped to fill some dull blanks with love and knowledge, had not yet penetrated the times with its leaven, and entered into everybody's food. George Eliot , Middle march, xix. You hope she has remained the same, that you may re W. Black , Prince of Thule. new that piece of romanticism that has got into your head. romanticist (ro-man′ti-sist), n. [ romantic + -ist.] One imbued with romanticism; a romantic.