Gothic

[Goth·ic]

Of or relating to the Goths

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

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

Noun
a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries

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

Adjective S.
characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; "gothic novels like `Frankenstein''"

Adjective S.
as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating"

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Adjective
of or relating to the Goths; "Gothic migrations"

Adjective
of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths; "the Gothic Bible translation"

Adjective
characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German

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

a.
Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions -- prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust. of Abacus, and Capital.

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.

n.
A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines.

n.
The style described in Gothic, a., 2.

Gothic

Goth"ic , a. [L. Gothicus: cf. F. gothique.] 1. Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous. 2. (Arch.) Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions -- prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust. of Abacus, and Capital.

Gothic

Goth"ic, n. 1. The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth. &hand; Bishop Ulfilas or Walfila translated most of the Bible into Gothic about the Middle of the 4th century. The portion of this translaton which is preserved is the oldest known literary document in any Teutonic language. 2. A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines. &hand; This is Nonpareil GOTHIC. 3. (Arch.) The style described in Gothic, a., 2.

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

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

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Usage Examples

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

Yet for my part, deeply as I am moved by the religious architecture of the Middle Ages, I cannot honestly say that I ever felt the slightest emotion in any modern Gothic church.

Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Revived in this country the long forgotten beauties of Gothic architecture.

Irish fiction is full of secrets, guilty pasts, divided identities. It is no wonder that there is such a rich tradition of Gothic writing in a nation so haunted by history.

But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it.

I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked Bible stories, because to me they were very gothic.