romanticness
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]romanticness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being romantic. [from 18th c.]
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
- Mrs Betty […] had the confidence to say, That having heard me often praise the romanticness of the place, she was astonished (her hands and eyes lifted up) that I should set myself against going to a house so much in my taste.
References
[edit]- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.