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'")