Ro*man"ic (?), a. [L. Romanicus.
See Romance, n.] 1. Of
or pertaining to Rome or its people.
2. Of or pertaining 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.
3. Related to the Roman people by descent; --
said especially of races and nations speaking any of the Romanic
tongues.
Romanic spelling, spelling by means of the
letters of the Roman alphabet, as in English; -- contrasted with
phonetic spelling.