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romanesque

/ʁɔ.ma.nɛsk/

adjective/ʁɔ.ma.nɛsk/

novelistic; having qualities that pertain to a novel; romantic in the sense of the romanticism attributed to novels.

From roman + -esque.

noun, masculine/ʁɔ.ma.nɛsk/plural: romanesques

fiction; glamour, excitement, romance

Le romanesque des origines des Bogdanoff, qu’ils furent les premiers à alimenter, a participé tout autant au mystère entourant leurs personnages que le récit de la transformation de leurs visages : […]The romance of the Bogdanoffs' origins, which they were the first to feed, participated as much in the mystery around their personalities which had received as much transformation as had their faces: […]

From roman + -esque.