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nic tendency is often a part of the exuberance of rombowline, rumbowline (rom-, rum-bo'lin), 
*uSS&S*tt$*&ttSSStt [Origin obscure.] Condemned'canvas, rope, 
Dana. 
strength 
degeneration, and is not easily recovered from. 
etc. 
Romizet (ro'miz), v. t. 
Romanize. 
ronde 
[< Some + -ize.] 
To 
'generation, and is not easily recovered from. >. uana. The jiomiz'd faction were zealous in his behalf. 
II. 11. Ail adherent of the romantic school, romen, . A Middle English form of roam. Putter, Ch. Hist., III. iv. 16. (Dama.) 
See romantic school, under 1. rome 2 t, ' [E. dial, rattm, shout, cry; < ME. romkint ". See i 
Indeed, Chateaubriand had been a romantic before the romen, roar, growl ; prob. < Sw. r<$wa, low. Cf. Rommany . and a See Romany 
time, and Andre Chenier had already written Terse too reem*.] To growl; roar. rommlp from '11 ) A dinlpptnl fnri 
warm and free for the classic mould. 
rommle (rom'l), t>. A dialectal form of rumble. 
X etc Princeton Rec III He eomanded that thay sulde take a onge dameselle, romneyt, ". Same as Romany. 
He [Balzac] includes in himself a mystic, a "realist.'''! ?. "^^^nn^^neM^^nd'V^dd rOD1P (TOmp) ' *'' ''' [< ME ' rom P en ! a var - of 
HHKir a rm*IM/V wnd a hllrnrtllrict ofto,' fho nloritml/al , J .";?..' /vl ,?. . >Y/)HI> ' SPA *Y//t>. JV 1 Tn T*l a V !Tir!flT7 QnH Vrtla_ 
, , 
classic, a romantic, and a humourist after the mediicval 
fashion of Rabelais. The Academy, March 1, 1890, p. 144. 
bene wodd. 
(HalliweU.) 
romantical (ro-man ; tT-kal)7^ [< -omc"+ me % . A Middle English form of rooml. 
-at.] Same as romantic." [Rare.] Rome-feet .(rom fe), . Same as Rome-scot 
romeine (ro'me-m), re. [< Rome (Rom6 de Lisle, 
But whosoever had the least sagacity in him could not m j nprfl i n( ,; R t' i7Q onS 4. i nf '2 1 Amir, 
but perceive that this theology of Epicurus was butro- a . ml ral .S' SI; > J-' 3 "- y "J J WW.J A mineral 
mantical. Cudworth, Intellectual System, i. 2. W a hyacinth or honey-yellow color, occurring 
romantically (ro-man'ti-kal-i), cdi>. In a ro- in 8 <J uare octahedrons 
mantic manner; fancifully; extravagantly. -icium Alsoca 
romanticism (ro-mau'ti-sizm), n. [< romantic T( n e*mt, . See 
+ -*/.] 1. The state or quality of being ro- rome-mortt, n. [< ro> (rim*) + mort*.] A 
_.. . .y. _n jj^i, * _ s fiueen. Harm 
queen. Hdrman, Caveat for Cursetors, p. 115. 
[Old cant.] 
,+ P>9,pem(/, px9, penny: see.pe- 
8ame as 
mantic; specifically, in lit., the use of roman- 
tic forms shown in the reaction from classical T>- 
to medieval models which originated in Ger- Bome-penny (rom pen'i), n. [ME. 'Rome-pent/, 
many in the last half of the eighteenth century. 1 AS " Kom-penmg, Rom-pentg, Rompnig,< Rom, 
Similar reactions took place at a later period 
in France and England. See romantic school, 
under romantic. 
In poetic literature there came that splendid burst of 
tomanticism in which Coleridge was the first and most 
potent participant. Shairp, D. G. Bossetti, ii. 
2. Romantic feeling, expression, action, or 
conduct; a tendency to romance. 
Romanticism, which has helped to Oil some dull blanks 
with love and knowledge, had not yet penetrated the 
times with its leaven, and entered into everybody's food. 
George Eliot, Middlemarch, rise. 
You hope she has remained the same, that you may re> 
ramp : see ramp, r.] To play rudely and bois- 
terously ; leap and frisk about in play. 
The air she gave herself was that of a romping girl ; 
. . . she would . . . snatch off my periwig, try it upon 
herself in the glass, clap her arms a-kimbo, draw my 
sword, and make passes on the wall. 
Sttele, Spectator, No. 187. 
It is an antiinoniate of romp (romp), . [Avar, of ramp: seeramp,n., 
romp, v.] 1. A rude girl who indulges in bois- 
terous play. 
My cousin Betty, the greatest romp in nature ; she whisks 
me such a height over her head that I cried out for fear of 
falling. Steele, Tatler, No. 15. 
romert. . A Middle English form of roomer. 
romerillo (ro-mer-il'o), n. [Perhaps Sp., dim. 
of romero, a pilgrim: see romero.] A plant, 
Romanticism in which Coleridge was the first and most ~ '""'a'"} "'6""j-="= ..-.""""-J " J"?T! rnmninff (Vnm'nino-l n 
Heterothalamus brumoides, whose flowers yield r 2, m P m ? < "} PWi 
ine act 
First, giggling, plotting chamber-maids arrive. 
Hoydens and romps, led on by Gen'ral Clive. 
Churchill, Rosciad. 
2. Eude play or frolic : as, a game of romps. 
Romp-loving miss 
Is haul'd about, in gallantry robust. 
Thomson, Autumn, L 528. 
- also trip dv thua nrnHnneH Soo 
produced. See 
. .. [Verbal n. of romp, v.] 
playing in a boisterous manner; a 
game of romps. 
new that piece of romanticism that has got into your head. Rome-runnert (rom'run"er) n 
4.- 4 * , - , u T- a <*> p ? ce8S ' T h' a ' ! : ner; < Rome + runner.] One 
romanticist (ro-man ti-sist), re. [< romantic + s( , ftks R OTn( >. sr ,o P !fi,> n .iiv fl n < 
r0m6r . ( , r -. ma r >' " t< S P; r e . ro < a 
nsn > a PMf, = OF. romier, travehng as a pil- 
grim, a pilgrim, < ML. "romarius, romerins. a , . 
pilgrim (orig. to Rome), < L. Roma, Rome. Cf . rompmgly (rom pmg-h), adv. 
roamer.] The pilot-fish. Naucrates ductor. 
A stool, a chair, or a table is the first weapon taken np 
in a general romping or skirmish. 
Swift, Advice to Servants, General Directions. 
manner; rompishly . 
. 
[ME. rome-ren- rompish (rom 'pish), a. [< romp + -. 
who runs to or rawt P J *"-J Given to romp; inclined to romp. 
' 
There is a story . . . that Spenser was half-bullied into 
re-writing the "Fairy Queen" in hexameters, had not 
Raleigh, a true romanticist, . . . persuaded him to follow 
his better genius. Kingsley, Westward Ho, ix. 
Julian was a romanticist in wishing to restore the Greek 
religion and its spirit, when mankind had entered on the 
new development. George Eliot, 
r - ,. , rwt ) -\ *.v\niw i wrtfi'i/r .j v^iif ffJBU tUHO \i\J *J1 -~ . , / v i \ j 
v,~S~ -..v-" - t< romantic + geeks R ome; specifically, an agent at the court rompishly (rom pish-h), adv 
-ist.] One imbued with romanticism; a ro- of Rome rude, or boisterous manner, 
mantic. 
And [that] alle Rome-renners for [the benefit of) robbers 
in Fraunce 
Here no suluer ouer see. Piers Plowman (C), v. 125. 
And thus thes rome rennerii beren the kyngys gold out 
of oure lond, & bryngen asen deed leed and heresie and 
symonye and goddis curse. 
23. 
In a romping 
Cf. 
. 
In a rompish, 
play, or the practice of romping. 
She would . . . take off my cravat, and seize it to make 
some other use of the lace, or run into some other unac- 
countable rompiehness. Steele, Spectator, No. 187. 
rompu (rom-pu' ), a. [< F. rompu, pp. of rompre, 
Hugo had already, in the preface to the " Odes et Bal- ^me-SCOtt, Bome-ShOtt (rom'skot, -shot), . break, < L. rumpere, break: see rupture.] In 
lades," planted the flag of the romanticists. [Late Ab. Rome-scot, Rom-gescot, < Rom, Rome, her., same as fracted. 
Edinburgh Rev., CI.XIII. 128. + scot, gescot, payment: see scofi.] Same as ronH, v. An obsolete form of run* 
romanticly (ro-man'tik-li), adv. Romantically, alms-fee, and Peter's pence (which see, under ron 2 t. An obsolete strong preterit of rain* 
[Rare.] penny). Chaucer. 
This was the course which the Komains used in the ron 3 t, . An obsolete form of rune 1 . 
conquest of England, for they planted some of theyr roncador (roug'ka-dor), H. [< Sp. roncador a 
the countrey to maintayne, cutting upon everye portion 
of lande a reasonable rent, which they called Rometcott, 
the which might not surcharge the tenaunte or free- 
holder, and defrayed the pay of the garrison. 
Spenser, State of Ireland. 
Rometcot, or Peter's Penny, was by as good Statute Law 
paid to the Pope. Milton, Touching Hirelings. 
[< Romeward (rom' ward), adv. [< Rome (see def.) 
He tells us romantickly on the same argument, that 
many posts went to and fro, between Peter Martyr and 
Cranmer. Strype, Cranraer, ill. 38. 
romanticness (ro-man'tik-nes), . The state 
or character of being romantic. 
Having heard me often praise the romanticneis of the 
place, she was astonished . . . that I should set myself 
against going to a house so much in my taste. 
Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe, I. liii. 
Romany, Rommany (rom'a-ui), . and a. 
snorer, grunter,< roncar, snore, roar,< LL. rhon- 
chare, snore, < L. rhonchus, a snoring: see rhon- 
chus.] 1. One of several scieenoid fishes of the 
Pacific coast of North America, (a) The Smana 
Gipsy Romaiti, Gipsy ; cf. rom, man, husband : 
see Rom.] I. re.; pi. Romanies, Rommanies 
(-niz). 1. A Gipsy. 
Very nice, deep, old-fashioned Romanies they are. 
C. G. Leland, The Century, XXV. 905. 
2. The language spoken by the Gipsies. Origi- 
nally a dialect brought from India and allied to the Hin- 
dustani, it has been much corrupted by the tongues of the 
peoples among whom the Gipsies have sojourned The 
corrupt broken dialect now used by British Gipsies is 
called by them poshromany or romanee ; the purer, 
"deep " romane. See Gipsy. 
"We were talking of languages, Jasper. . . . Yours must 
be a rum one ? " Tis called Rommany." 
G. Borrow, Lavengro, xvii. 
II. a. Belonging or relating to the Romanies 
+ -ward.] To or toward Rome or the Roman 
Catholic Church. 
Romic (ro'mik), n. [< Rom(an) + -ic; a distinc- 
tive form of Roman.] A system of phonetic 
notation devised by Henry Sweet, consisting 
of the ordinary letters of the English alphabet 
used so far as possible with their original Ro- 
man values, and supplemented by ligatures, di- 
graphs, and turned letters. In a stricter scientific 
form called Narrow Romic; in a more general practical 
form called Broad Romic. It is in part a recasting of El- 
lis's Glossic (which see). H. Sweet, Handbook of Phonet- 
ics, pp. 102, 105, 202. 
Romish (ro'mish), a. [< ME. 'Romish = D. 
roomsch = MHG. rtemesch, rcemiscli, rosmscti, 
Roncador (Roncador stearnsi}. 
ng?" "Ay, ay; 
w, Lavengro, jtvii. 
A saucy stranger in his court to mart 
As in a Komieh stew. 
torn. 
"And you are what is called a G 
a Rommany Krai." Q. 
Also Roman. 
romanza (ro-man'za), w. [It. romanzo : see ro- 
mance.] Same as romance, 6. 
romanzovite (ro-man'zov-it), . [Named after (which see; un'derlfeA^M().^Svn. Seepapal. 
Count Ronmnzoff.] A variety of garnet, of a Romistt (ro'mist), n. [< Rome + -ist.] 
brown or brownish-yellow color. man Catholic. 
romauntt, w. and r. Seeromant. Th e Romiets hold fast the distinction of mortal and 
rpmbelt, . An obsolete form of rumble. venial sins. South, Sermons, VII. v. 
Romish Methodists. 
or Roncador stearnsi, a large and valuable food-fish of the 
coast of California, attaining a weight of from 5 to 6 
pounds, of a silvery bluish or grayish color, with darker 
markings, and especially a black pectoral spot. (6) The 
Scisena or llhinoscion saturna, distinguished as the red or 
black roncador. (c) The yellow-flnned or yellow-tailed ron- 
cador, Umbrina xanti. (d) The little roncador, Genyone- 
mus lineatus. 
2. Icaj).] [NL.] A section of Sciama, or a ge- 
nus of scisenoids, represented by the roncador 
(see 1 (a)). Jordan and Gilbert, 1880. 
ronceyalt, . See rounceval. 
ronchil, n. Same as ronquil. 
Shall., Cymbeline, i. 6. 152. roncho (rong'ko), . [< Sp. ronco, snoring, row- 
Same as dialectic Methodistt *f$ ar > snorer: see roncador.] The croaker, 
Mtcropogon undulatus. [Galveston, Texas.] 
A Ro- rondache (ron-dash'), n. 
[= D. rondas, < OF. ron- 
dache, a buckler, < rorf, 
round: seeround.] Abuck- 
lating to Rome; specifically, belonging to the 
Roman Catholic Church : commonly used in a 
slightly invidious sense. 
romblet, v.i. A Middle English form of ramble. 
rombonelli (rom-bo-nel'i), H. In South Amer- 
ica, a breed of sheep having long fine wool. 
The horses and cattle looked small, but there were some 
good specimens of sheep especially the rombomUii. 
Lady Bratsey, Voyage of Sunbeam, I. v. 
See romiteCro'mit),,,. [Orig. Sw. .romit; < Gr.^ ler, or small i.und shield 
Irate and naphthalene with potassium chlorate 
and potassium nitrate. The reaction of the nitrates 
and chlorate render the compound unstable, and on this 
account a license for its manufacture in England has been TOnQO (roucl), 
' Also called roundel. 
Caspar . . . carries, for decora- 
tive purposes, the round buckler 
or rondache of the foot-soldier 
Harper's Mag., LXXVIII. 68. 
refused. 
[< F. 
ronde, round-hand writ- 
Rondache. Round hand- 
huckler of the I6th and I7th 
centuries. ( From Viollet-le- 
Duc's "Diet, ilu Mobilier 
francais.") 
