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Overview of noun gothic

The noun gothic has 3 senses


  • Gothic -- (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)

  • Gothic, black letter -- (a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries)

  • Gothic, Gothic architecture -- (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)


Overview of adj gothic

The adj gothic has 5 senses


  • Gothic -- (characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German)

  • Gothic -- (of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths; "the Gothic Bible translation")

  • Gothic -- (of or relating to the Goths; "Gothic migrations")

  • medieval, mediaeval, gothic -- (as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating")

  • gothic -- (characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'")