romantasy
/ɹoʊˈmæn.tə.si/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I want @lara_adrian 's book 7.! -.- sooo bad.! Best romantasy author ever.! (:"
- "Well that's the typical girl in books Especially romance and "romantasy""
- "[Sarah J.] Maas, whose sales jumped 51 per cent this past year and was largely credited by Bloomsbury for a 15 per cent increase in total revenue, is technically classified as sci-fi or “romantasy”."
- "Morgan Entrekin, chief executive of Grove Atlantic, the publisher behind last year's Booker prize-winner, Paul Lynch's Prophet Song, agrees. “The boom in [romantasy]^([sic]) has been amazing,” he says."
- "Besides appealing to hordes of existing fans, “Alchemised” has another advantage: It taps into the raging appetite for romantasy, a subgenre that blends fantasy elements like magic, fairies and dragons with love, yearning and explicit sex. In a way, the romantasy explosion — driven by the success of blockbuster authors like Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros, whose series have sold millions upon millions of copies — stems from the legacy of popular young adult series like “Twilight” and “Harry Potter.”"
- "Every hostess knows Blue Willow, the lovers fleeing across the bridge, the turtle doves and all the other romantasies . . ."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹoʊˈmæn.tə.si/
- British English: /ɹəʊˈmæn.tə.si/