roman

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/ˈɹəʊmən/

noun 8adj 7name 3

Collocations

ADJ.

adopted, ancient, cheekiest, excess, great, italic, many, replaced

The ancient Roman empire stretched across three continents at its height.

VERB + ROMAN

'decline', am, books, end, impressed, join, looking

I was impressed by the roman architecture when I visited the ancient ruins last summer.

ROMAN + NOUN

alphabet, architecture, caesar, caligula, cat, catholic, characters, church

The Roman alphabet is used by most European languages today.

PREP.

from, in, in, on, out, with

I picked up a historical roman from the library last week.

ADV.

deeply, dramatically, quite

She felt quite roman about the old European architecture when she first visited Rome.

Definitions

adj

Upright, as opposed to italic.

In some early printed Bibles quoted text is indicated by changing the font from roman to italic.

Of or related to the Latin alphabet or roman numerals.

noun

One of the main three types used for the Latin alphabet (the others being italics and blackletter), in which the ascenders are mostly straight.

Ellipsis of roman numeral.

A novel.

What raises One Last Waltz far above the usual family roman is not just the gimmick of the ancient fable in modern clothes […] but Mordden's language and his sheer joy at telling a story.

2014, "Novel and Romance: Etymologies". Heyworth, Gregory; Logan, Peter Melville (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Novel, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 942. →ISBN Samuel Johnson, writing in his Dictionary of the English Language (1755), [defined] "novel [as] a small tale, generally of love." To modern sensibilities, Johnson's novel resembles more closely the novella in dimension and the romance in substance. … [T]he term romance, or roman, once interchangeable with novel in English, retains the meaning of novel in Germany, France, Russia, and most of Europe, while in the anglophone world it has been demoted to frivolity.

adj

Of or from Rome.

Of or from the Roman Empire.

Of or from the Byzantine Empire.

Of noble countenance but with little facial expression.

"Yes, I feel that I ought; and with me, to feel that I ought to do a thing, is to do it!" added he, looking quite Roman with excess of virtue.

Supporting the characters of the Latin alphabet.

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Synonyms

adjective — of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient R

romanic

adjective — of or relating to or supporting Romanism

romanist
romish
popish
papist
papistic
papistical

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

In some early printed Bibles quoted text is indicated by changing the font from roman to italic.

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What raises One Last Waltz far above the usual family roman is not just the gimmick of the ancient fable in modern clothes […] but Mordden's language and his sheer joy at telling a story.

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"Yes, I feel that I ought; and with me, to feel that I ought to do a thing, is to do it!" added he, looking quite Roman with excess of virtue.

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You will find the term defined at the end of Roman one.

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Kars was the capital of the small Armenian kingdom of Vanand, ruled by Gagik (the same name as the sovereign of Ani) from 1029 to 1064, when he surrendered his kingdom to the Romans. In 1053 it was ta

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, roman is marked as archaic, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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