Gothic

noun
'ɡɑθɪk

Adjective

  • characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque

    gothic novels like `Frankenstein'

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

    Similar:MediaevalMedieval

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

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

    Type of:FaceCaseTypeface
  • 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

Other

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

  • of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths

  • of or relating to the Goths

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