Definition of Gothic

1. Noun. Extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas.


2. Adjective. Characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German.

3. Noun. A heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries.
Exact synonyms: Black Letter
Generic synonyms: Case, Face, Font, Fount, Typeface

4. Adjective. Of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths. "The Gothic Bible translation"

5. Noun. A style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches.

6. Adjective. Of or relating to the Goths. "Gothic migrations"
Partainyms: Goth

7. Adjective. As if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened. "A medieval attitude toward dating"
Exact synonyms: Mediaeval, Medieval
Similar to: Nonmodern

8. Adjective. Characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque. "Gothic novels like `Frankenstein'"
Category relationships: Literature
Similar to: Strange, Unusual

Definition of Gothic

1. a. Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous.

2. n. The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth.

Definition of Gothic

1. Proper noun. an extinct language, once spoken by the Goths ¹

2. Adjective. of or relating to the Goths. ¹

3. Adjective. barbarous, rude, unpolished, belonging to the "Dark Ages", medieval as opposed to classical. ¹

4. Adjective. of or relating to the architectural style favored in western Europe in the 12th to 16th centuries. ¹

5. Adjective. of or relating to the style of fictional writing associated with the Gothic revival, emphasizing violent or macabre events in a mysterious, desolate setting. ¹

6. Adjective. (typography) in England, of the name of type formerly used to print German, also known as ''black letter''. ¹

7. Adjective. (typography) in the USA, of a sans serif typeface using straight, even-width lines, also called grotesque ¹

8. Adjective. of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle. ¹

9. Noun. A novel written in the Gothic style. ¹

10. Adjective. (alternative capitalization of Gothic) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gothic

1. a style of printing [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gothic

Gossypium peruvianum
Gossypium thurberi
Gostivar
Gota Canal
Gotcha Day
Goteborg
Goth
Goth.
Gotha
Gotham
Gothamist
Gothamists
Gothamite
Gothamites
Gothenburg
Gothic (current term)
Gothic Lolita
Gothic alphabet
Gothic arch
Gothic arch tracing
Gothic arches
Gothic architecture
Gothic double
Gothic palate
Gothic romance
Gothic romancer
Gothically
Gothicise
Gothicised
Gothicises

Literary usage of Gothic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"One of the fundamental characteristics of Gothic is a sense of just proportion and a ... Until this time the Gothic spirit had hardly more than crossed the ..."

2. Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout the Ages by Salomon Reinach (1907)
"Inaccuracy of the term Gothic.—Its First Use by Raphael. ... The A rchitecture of the Future Foreshadowed by Gothic. obtained in the West of 1 Europe after ..."

3. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"The prevailing native wooden architecture had no influence on Gothic forms. Geographically disconnected from Europe except by way of the architecturally ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"While Theodoric lived, the West-Gothic kingdom was practically united to his own ... Provence was added to the dominion of the new East- Gothic king ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The East Gothic dominion and the East Gothic name wholly passed away. ... The M'est Gothic kingdom lasted much longer, and came much nearer to establishing ..."

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