Roman — meaning in English

English meaning

• novel adj New and original, in an interesting or unusual way.
• roman adj Relating to the city of Rome or the ancient Roman Empire.

Senses

Roman is used for these senses in English:

• Roman A en given name recently borrowed from continental Europe.
• double English (printing, US, dated) The size of type between double pica and double great primer, standardized as 28-point.
• novel A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.]

novel — full definition

1. adj New and original, in an interesting or unusual way.
2. noun A long work of fiction written in prose.

roman — full definition

1. adj Relating to the city of Rome or the ancient Roman Empire.
2. adj Describing upright, non-slanted print type, as opposed to italic.
3. noun A native or resident of Rome.

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