Gothic

['ɡɔθik]

Definition

(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.

(adj.) characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; 'gothic novels like `Frankenstein'' .

(adj.) of or relating to the Goths; 'Gothic migrations' .

(adj.) of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths; 'the Gothic Bible translation' .

(adj.) characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German .

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Definition

(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.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Rude, barbaric, barbarous.

n. Gothic language.

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