gothic
adjective
1. characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
2. of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths
- the Gothic Bible translation
3. of or relating to the Goths
- Gothic migrations
4. as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened
Similar word(s): nonmodern, mediaeval, medieval
5. characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
- gothic novels like `Frankenstein'
Similar word(s): strange, unusual
Sentences with gothic as an adjective:
- "Enormities which gleam like comets through the darkness of gothic and superstitious ages." (Percy Bysshe Shelley in a 1812 letter, Prose Works (1888) II.384, cited after OED)
- Why is this gothic glam so popular? (New Musical Express 24 December 1983, cited after OED)
noun
1. 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
Definition categories: communication
2. a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
Definition categories: communication, case, face, font, fount, typeface
3. 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
Definition categories: thought