Etymology

Ruritanian

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Today it means: Of or having the characteristics of adventure, romance, and intrigue, as in works of romantic fiction. Full definition →

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The story

From Ruritania + -an, after the fictional kingdom used as the setting for stories by Anthony Hope (1863–1933).

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