romaunt

English

Etymology

From Old French romaunt (modern roman), variant of romanz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹəˈmɔːnt/, /ɹəʊˈmɔːnt/

Noun

romaunt (plural romaunts)

  1. (archaic) A romantic story told in verse; a romance.
    • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, 1844, The Waverley Novels, Volume IV, 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, 1910, The Complete Works of John Ruskin, Volume 21, 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 […] .

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