gothic

adjective

  1. 1

    characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque

    gothic novels like `Frankenstein'

  2. 2

    as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened

    a medieval attitude toward dating

  3. 3

    of or relating to the Goths

    Gothic migrations

  4. 4

    of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths

    the Gothic Bible translation

  5. 5

    characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German

noun

  1. 1

    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

    gothic novels like `Frankenstein'

  2. 2

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

    a medieval attitude toward dating

  3. 3

    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

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