different between romaunt vs romant

English

Etymology

From Old French romaunt (modern roman), variant of romanz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???m??nt/, /????m??nt/

Noun

romaunt (plural romaunts)

1. (archaic) A romantic story told in verse; a romance.
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, 1844, The Waverley Novels, Volume IV, page 612,

     They are forbidden to read, save what their Superior permitted […] ; but lo! their ears are at the command of idle minstrels, and their eyes study empty romaunts.

   • 1844, Caroline de Crespigny (translator), Ernst Schulze, The Enchanted Rose: A Romaunt in Three Cantos, [1818, Ernst Schulze, Die Bezauberte Rose: Romantisches Gedicht in drei Gesängen], W. Hoffmeister.
   • 1884, John Ruskin, The Art of England, 1910, The Complete Works of John Ruskin, Volume 21, page 3,

     Those who are acquainted with my former writings must be aware that I use the word 'romantic' always in a noble sense; meaning the habit of regarding the external and real world as a singer of Romaunts would have regarded it in the Middle Ages […] .

Anagrams

• Mourant, Rotuman

English

Noun

romant (plural romants)

1. Obsolete form of romaunt.

Verb

romant (third-person singular simple present romants, present participle romanting, simple past and past participle romanted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To romanticize.

Anagrams

• Marton, Morant, Rotman, matron

Old French

Etymology

From romanz, interpreted as a nominative singular.

Noun

romant m (oblique plural romanz or romantz, nominative singular romanz or romantz, nominative plural romant)

1. Alternative form of romanz