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. a style of printing [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gothic

Gossypium peruvianum
Gossypium thurberi
gossypol
gossypol
gossypols
gossypose
GOT
got
Gota Canal
gotcha
gotchas
Goteborg
goth
Goth
Gothenburg
Gothic
gothically
gothicism
gothicisms
gothicize
gothicized
gothicizes
gothicizing
gothics
Gothic arch
Gothic arch
Gothic architecture
Gothic arch tracing
Gothic palate
Gothic romance

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