\Ro*man"tic\, a. [F. romantique, fr. OF. romant. See
{Romance}.]
1. Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling
   romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal;
   as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic
   undertaking.
         Can anything in nature be imagined more profane and
         impious, more absurd, and undeed romantic, than such
         a persuasion?                         --South.
         Zeal for the good of one's country a party of men
         have represented as chimerical and romantic.
                                               --Addison.
2. Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance;
   as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.
3. Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular
   literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical
   antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style;
   as, the romantic school of poets.
4. Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of
   adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; --
   applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.
Syn: Sentimental; fanciful; fantastic; fictitious;
     extravagant; wild; chimerical. See {Sentimental}.
{The romantic drama}. See under {Drama}.