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Gothic
adj. of or pertaining to the Goths or their language; of or pertaining to a style of medieval architecture characterized by pointed arches and vaulting; of or pertaining to the artistic style of medieval northern Europe; medieval; barbaric
 
gothic
n. artistic style of medieval northern Europe (including architecture, painting, music, etc.); extinct Germanic language of the Goths

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Gothic
Gothic may refer to:

Germanic people
  • Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes

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Gothic

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
(hypernym) East Germanic, East Germanic language
2. a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
(synonym) black letter
(hypernym) font, fount, typeface, face
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
(synonym) Gothic architecture
(hypernym) architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture
(hyponym) perpendicular, perpendicular style, English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture

Adjective
1. characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
(pertainym) Gothic, black letter
2. of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths; "the Gothic Bible translation"
(pertainym) Gothic
3. of or relating to the Goths; "Gothic migrations"
(pertainym) Goth

 
gothic

Adjective
1. as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating"
(synonym) medieval, mediaeval
(similar) nonmodern
2. characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'"
(similar) strange, unusual
(classification) literature


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Gothic
příd.jm. gótský, gotický

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Gothic
Przym. gotycki