gothic
adjective
- 1
characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
gothic novels like `Frankenstein'
- 2
as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened
a medieval attitude toward dating
- 3
of or relating to the Goths
Gothic migrations
- 4
of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths
the Gothic Bible translation
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characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
noun
- 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
a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
a medieval attitude toward dating
- 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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