romaunt
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of romaunt
1520–30; < Anglo-French, variant of Old French romant romance 1
Example Sentences
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And so did Keats, Shakespeare and Petrarch, and all the rest, and it was in The Romaunt of the Rose.
From Literature
See also Romaunt de la rose, v.
From Project Gutenberg
The intimate life stories of no other periods in history are so well illustrated, nor so readily to be comprehended, as those of Homer and the authors of the medieval Romaunt.
From Project Gutenberg
“The Romaunt of the Rose” has the traditional refrain of other strictures in verse, when it declares that “Physiciens and advocates, Gon right by the same yates,yates, gates They selle hir science for winning.winning, gain ···· For they nil in no maner greeno kind of good will Do right nought for charitee.”
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The famous Medi�val "Romaunt de la Rose" turns upon this.
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