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Gothic
('g/A//T//I/k )

adjective (a)

  • characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German(adj.pert)
    source: wordnet30
  • of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths(adj.pert)
    Example:
    The Gothic Bible translation.
    source: wordnet30
  • of or relating to the Goths(adj.pert)
    Example:
    Gothic migrations.
    source: wordnet30
  • Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • 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(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    black letter
    source: wordnet30
  • 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(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    gothic architecture
    source: wordnet30
  • The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    mediaeval, medieval
    source: wordnet30
  • characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque(adj.all)
    Example:
    Gothic novels like `Frankenstein'.
    source: wordnet30
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