Ruritanian
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Like a small made-up Eastern European kingdom with castles and royal plots
- adjective
- /ˌrʊrəˈteɪniən/
- Literature
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Ruritaniano
- In her latest novel, the author created a Ruritanian setting that captured the essence of romance and adventure.
Examples
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No more barefoot colleens, no more Ruritanian queens.
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The story was filled with Ruritanian charm, featuring knights, princesses, and grand castles.
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Well, in the first place, Ruritanian coachmen are notoriously bad drivers.
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I have been racking my tiny brains to find German state assets (and Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Italian, French, Ruritanian, etc.).
Blog text (14) -
The film’s plot, set in a Ruritanian kingdom, was full of intrigue and political drama.
How Romantic
Surface Forms
Ruritanian positive
Morphology
Etymology
Ruritanian comes from Ruritania, the fictional country in the novel 'The Prisoner of Zenda', and it now describes things that feel 'like a storybook kingdom'. So when we call a place or story Ruritanian, we mean it has castles, royal courts, romance, or old-fashioned intrigue.