romance vs troilism

romance

noun
  • An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair. 

  • A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone. 

  • A tale of high adventure. 

  • A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality. 

  • A romanza, or sentimental ballad. 

  • An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances. 

  • A story or novel dealing with idealized love. 

  • An embellished account of something; an idealized lie. 

  • A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real. 

  • A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc. 

  • Idealized love which is pure or beautiful. 

verb
  • To woo; to court. 

  • To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc. 

  • To talk extravagantly and imaginatively; to build castles in the air. 

troilism

noun
  • The practice of three people having sex, i.e. having threesomes. 

  • The practice of two people having sex while a third person watches (and may or may not take part). 

How often have the words romance and troilism occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )