 gothic |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (printing) a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries | |
| Synonyms: | black_letter | |
| Related terms: | font | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (linguistics,antiquity) 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 | |
| Related terms: | East_Germanic | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (literature) characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque | |
| Examples: | "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'" |
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| Related terms: | literature strange | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (medieval) as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened | |
| Synonyms: | medieval mediaeval | |
| Examples: | "a medieval attitude toward dating" |
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| Related terms: | nonmodern | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] of or relating to the Goths | |
| Examples: | "Gothic migrations" |
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| Related terms: | Goth | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths | |
| Examples: | "the Gothic Bible translation" |
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| 7. | [ adjective ] (printing) characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (architecture) a style of architecture developed in N 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 | |
| Synonyms: | Gothic_architecture | |
| Related terms: | architectural_style perpendicular | |
| Similar spelling: |
Goetsch Goetz Gathic Goates |
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