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romanticise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables
ro-man-ti-cise
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of romanticize.

British usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic English -ise English romanticise From romantic + -ise.

Usage

Inflected Forms

romanticises (present, singular) romanticising (participle, present) romanticised (participle, past) romanticised (past)

Derived Forms

deromanticise

Synonyms

romanticize glamorize glamourise

Questions

What does romanticise mean?
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of romanticize.
Where does romanticise come from?
Etymology tree Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic English -ise English romanticise From romantic + -ise.

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