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Definition of 'Gothic'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) gothic
(usu. cap.)

2.  gothic
of or pertaining to a style of architecture prevalent in W Europe from the mid-12th to the 16th century, characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, flying buttresses, rich ornamentation, and a progressive lightening of structure.

3.  gothic
of or pertaining to a style of architecture imitating Gothic forms and motifs.

4.  gothic
(cap.) of or pertaining to the Goths or their language.

5.  gothic
(usu. cap.) of or pertaining to the Middle Ages; medieval.

6.  gothic
(sometimes cap.) barbarous or crude.

7.  gothic
(often cap.) of or pertaining to a style of literature characterized by a gloomy setting, mysterious, sinister, or violent events, and, in contemporary fiction, an imperiled heroine.

8. (n.) gothic
(usu. cap.) the arts, crafts, or architecture of the Gothic period.

9.  gothic
(cap.) the extinct East Germanic language of the Goths, preserved esp. in Ulfilas' 4th-century translation of the Bible.

10.  gothic
(often cap.) a novel, play, film, etc., in the gothic style.

11.  gothic
(often cap.)

12.  gothic
a square-cut printing type without serifs or hairlines.

Etymology: (1605–15; < LL)

Definition of 'Gothic'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Gothic
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

2. (noun) Gothic, black letter
a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries

3. (adj) Gothic, Gothic architecture
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

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

5. (adj) Gothic
of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths
"the Gothic Bible translation"

6. (adj) Gothic
of or relating to the Goths
"Gothic migrations"

7. (adj) medieval, mediaeval, gothic
as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened
"a medieval attitude toward dating"

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

Definition of 'Gothic'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Gothic
pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous

2. (adj) Gothic
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

3. (noun) Gothic
the language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth

4. (noun) Gothic
a kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines

5. (noun) Gothic
the style described in Gothic, a., 2

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