Scott: Marmion

(Introd.) 4. Wildly picturesque; full of wild, fantastic, and striking scenery; as, a romantic landscape. romantic-school, s . Literature: 1. A school of poetry founded in Germany, about 1808, by the brothers Schlegel. 2. A similar school in France, represented by Victor Hugo, Dumas, and some novelists. [ROMANTICISM.] rō-măn-tic-al, adj . [English romantic; al.] Romantic. "This theology of Epicurus was but romantical." Cudworth: Intell. System, bk. i., ch. ii. rō-măn-tic-al-lý, adv. [Eng.romantical; -ly.] In a romantic manner; fancifully, wildly, extravagantly.