overromantic

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adjective

Excessively romantic.

OriginEnglish romantic ← Old French romaunt ← Vulgar Latin rōmānicē →
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Meanings

adjectiveoverromantic (comparative more overromantic, superlative most overromantic)

comparative more overromantic · superlative most overromantic

  1. Excessively romantic.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. LatinRōma
  8. LatinRōmānus
  9. Latinrōmānicus
  10. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  11. Old Frenchromanz
  12. Old Frenchromaunt
  13. Englishromant
  14. Englishromantic
  15. Englishoverromantic

From over- + romantic.

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APA

overromantic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overromantic

MLA

“overromantic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overromantic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overromantic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overromantic.

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