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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.

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"

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. 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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