English to English
adjective
- characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
source: WordNet 3.0
- of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths
The Gothic Bible translation.
source: WordNet 3.0
- of or relating to the Goths
Gothic migrations.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- 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
source: WordNet 3.0
- a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened
A medieval attitude toward dating.
source: WordNet 3.0
- characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
Gothic novels like `Frankenstein'.
source: WordNet 3.0
