See Also: Gothic(dictionary)
gothic novel(encyclopedia)
Gothic(dictionary)
Gothic art(encyclopedia)
American Gothic(dictionary)
Gothic language(encyclopedia)
Gothic architecture(encyclopedia)
Gothic Revival(encyclopedia)
Gothic (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Carpenter Gothic(encyclopedia)

Gothic (iou)



Gothic adjective & noun. Also gothic, (pseudo-arch.) Gothick. L16.
[French gothique or late Latin Gothicus, from Gothi; see GOTH, -IC.]
A. adjective.
Of or pertaining to the Goths or their language. L16.
b. = MOZARABIC. M19.
a. = GERMANIC adjective1 2. M17-M19.
b. Designating the style of handwriting used in Western Europe from the 13th cent. and the typefaces derived from it, such as Fraktur and, formerly, black letter. M17.
Designating the style of architecture prevalent in western Europe from the 12th to the 16th cent., of which familiar features include the pointed arch and the flying buttress; (of a building, an architectural detail, ornamentation, etc.) in this style. Also, of the Gothic revival (see below). M17.
M. Roberts The attic floor of a decaying Gothic mansion in North Oxford.
Belonging to or (supposedly) characteristic of the Middle Ages; medieval, romantic. Orig. & freq. derog., redolent of the Dark Ages, portentously gloomy or horrifying. L17.
W. Cowper Tedious years of Gothic darkness. R. Barber The ideals of chivalry..flourish best in a Gothic and romantic climate. Nature A large sunken arena, with gothick grottos around the edges.
Barbarous, crude, uncouth. arch. E18.
J. T. Hewlett Dinner..at the Gothic hour of one o'clock.
Of or pertaining to the rock music of Goths. L20.
Special collocations: Gothic novel: of a style popular in the 18th and 19th cents., with a complex plot characterized by supernatural or horrifying events. Gothic revival: see REVIVAL 1c.
b. noun.
Gothic architecture, or ornamentation; Gothic style in literature etc. Also (rare), a Gothic building. M17.
collegiate Gothic: see COLLEGIATE adjective. Victorian Gothic: see VICTORIAN adjective2.
Typography. Gothic type. Also (US), sanserif, grotesque. L17.
The East Germanic language of the Goths. M18.
CRIMEAN Gothic.
gothically adverb M19.
gothicly adverb: only in L18.
gothicness noun M19.