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roman | romanic |

As a noun roman

is novel.

As an adjective romanic is

of or relating to rome or its people.

roman

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (of type) Upright, as opposed to italic.
  • (of text, computing) Of or related to the Latin alphabet.

    • Antonyms

    * (upright) italic, italicised, italicized * (upright) oblique, slanted, sloped * (Western European) non-Latin, Central European

    Derived terms

    * Times Roman (proprietary) * Times New Roman (proprietary)

    Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    romanic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to Rome or its people.
  • Of or relating to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc.
  • Related to the Roman people by descent; said especially of races and nations speaking any of the Romanic tongues.

    • Related terms

    * Romanic spelling * Romantic (Webster 1913)