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Definition of Gothic
1. Adjective. Characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German.
2. 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.
3. Adjective. Of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths. "The Gothic Bible translation"
4. Noun. A heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries.
5. Adjective. Of or relating to the Goths. "Gothic migrations"
6. 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.
Generic synonyms: Architectural Style, Style Of Architecture, Type Of Architecture
Specialized synonyms: English-gothic, English-gothic Architecture, Perpendicular, Perpendicular Style
7. Adjective. As if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened. "A medieval attitude toward dating"
8. Adjective. Characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque. "Gothic novels like `Frankenstein'"
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
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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