"gothic" Definition

Definitions for the word "gothic" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
The style described in Gothic, a., 2.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. adj.
1 of the goths. 2 in the style of architecture prevalent in w. Europe in the 12th–16th c., characterized by pointed arches. 3 (of a novel etc.) In a style popular in the 18th–19th c., with supernatural or horrifying events. 4 barbarous, uncouth. n. 1 gothic language. 2 gothic architecture. [latin: related to *goth]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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