Rosaline
Rosaline is a feminine given name, literary and uncommon.
It appears most famously as the unseen object of Romeo's infatuation before he meets Juliet in Shakespeare's play—she never appears onstage but drives the early plot.
The name also belongs to a character in *Love's Labour's Lost*.
Parents occasionally choose it for its romantic, Shakespearean associations.
Ardent male lover
- JulietFemale name, phonetic J
- unrequitedNot returned in kind
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
- courtlyRefined and dignified
Montague · Capulet · Verona · lovesick · rejection · infatuation · melancholy · Petrarchan
Romeo
Ardent male lover
- JulietFemale name, phonetic J
- unrequitedNot returned in kind
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
Montague · Capulet · courtly · Verona · lovesick · rejection · infatuation · melancholy · Petrarchan · inaccessible
Navarre
Former Iberian kingdom
princess · courtship · clever · sharp-tongued · mockery · lords · ladies · wordplay · Ferdinand · oath
feminine
Pertaining to women
literary · vintage · elegant · floral · Italian · classical · diminutive · botanical · old-fashioned · poetic