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 Romance.Roman’ic or Romance Languages. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Romanes’que (3 syl.).
 
In painting. Fanciful and romantic rather than true to nature.   1
   In architecture. Byzantine, Lombard, Saxon, and, indeed, all the debased Roman styles, between the time of Constantine (350) and Charlemagne (800).   2
   In literature. The dialect of Languedoc, which smacks of the Romance.   3
 


 Romance.Roman’ic or Romance Languages. 

 
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