\Ro*man"ic\, a. [L. Romanicus. See {Romance}, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to Rome or its people.
2. Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages
   which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old
   Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish,
   Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc.
3. Related to the Roman people by descent; -- said especially
   of races and nations speaking any of the Romanic tongues.
{Romanic spelling}, spelling by means of the letters of the
   Roman alphabet, as in English; -- contrasted with phonetic
   spelling.