ALL meanings of gothic
goth·ic
G g - adjective gothic (usually initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, originating in France in the middle of the 12th century and existing in the western half of Europe through the middle of the 16th century, characterized by the use of the pointed arch and the ribbed vault, by the use of fine woodwork and stonework, by a progressive lightening of structure, and by the use of such features as flying buttresses, ornamental gables, crockets, and foils. 1
- adjective gothic (usually initial capital letter) pertaining to or designating the style of painting, sculpture, etc., produced between the 13th and 15th centuries, especially in northern Europe, characterized by a tendency toward realism and interest in detail. 1
- adjective gothic (initial capital letter) of or relating to Goths or their language. 1
- adjective gothic (usually initial capital letter) of or relating to the music, especially of northern Europe, of the period roughly from 1200 to 1450, including that of the Ars Antiqua, Ars Nova, and the Burgundian school. 1
- adjective gothic (usually initial capital letter) pertaining to the Middle Ages; medieval. 1
- adjective gothic (sometimes initial capital letter) barbarous or crude. 1
- adjective gothic (often initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a style of literature characterized by a gloomy setting, grotesque, mysterious, or violent events, and an atmosphere of degeneration and decay: 19th-century gothic novels. 1
- adjective gothic (initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to the alphabetical script introduced for the writing of Gothic by Ulfilas and derived by him from Greek uncials with the addition of some Latin and some invented letters. 1
- adjective gothic (often initial capital letter) being of a genre of contemporary fiction typically relating the experiences of an often ingenuous heroine imperiled, as at an old mansion, where she typically becomes involved with a stern or mysterious but attractive man. 1
- noun gothic (usually initial capital letter) the arts and crafts of the Gothic period. 1
- noun gothic (initial capital letter) the extinct Germanic language of the Goths, preserved especially in the 4th-century translation by Ulfilas of the Bible. Abbreviation: Goth, Goth., goth. 1
- noun gothic (often initial capital letter) a story, play, film, or other work in the gothic style. 1
- noun gothic (usually initial capital letter) British. black letter. 1
- noun gothic (often initial capital letter) a square-cut printing type without serifs or hairlines. 1
- noun gothic Of or relating to the Goths or their extinct East Germanic language, which provides the earliest manuscript evidence of any Germanic language (4th–6th centuries ad). 1
- adjective gothic architecture: medieval 1
- adjective gothic literature, etc.: dark 1
- adjective gothic punk style 1
- noun gothic film, book: horror style 1
- noun gothic film, book: horror 1
- adjective gothic Alternative letter-case form of Gothic. 0
- adjective gothic Gothic architecture and religious art was produced in the Middle Ages. Its features include tall pillars, high curved ceilings, and pointed arches. 0
- adjective gothic In Gothic stories, strange, mysterious adventures happen in dark and lonely places such as graveyards and old castles. 0
- adjective gothic Gothic is used to describe a style of printing or writing in which the letters are very decorative. German books and signs were often written in Gothic script. 0
- adjective gothic denoting, relating to, or resembling the style of architecture that was used in W Europe from the 12th to the 16th centuries, characterized by the lancet arch, the ribbed vault, and the flying buttress 0
- adjective gothic of or relating to the style of sculpture, painting, or other arts as practised in W Europe from the 12th to the 16th centuries 0
- adjective gothic of or relating to a literary style characterized by gloom, the grotesque, and the supernatural, popular esp in the late 18th century 0
- adjective gothic of, relating to, or characteristic of the Goths or their language 0
- adjective gothic primitive and barbarous in style, behaviour, etc 0
- adjective gothic of or relating to the Middle Ages 0
- noun gothic Gothic architecture or art 0
- noun gothic the extinct language of the ancient Goths, known mainly from fragments of a translation of the Bible made in the 4th century by Bishop Wulfila 0
- noun gothic the family of heavy script typefaces 0
- adjective gothic of the Goths or their language or culture 0
- adjective gothic designating, of, or related to a style of architecture developed in W Europe between the 12th and 16th cent. and characterized by the use of ribbed vaulting, flying buttresses, pointed arches, steep, high roofs, etc. 0
- adjective gothic medieval 0
- adjective gothic not classical 0
- adjective gothic barbarous; uncivilized 0
- adjective gothic of or having to do with a type of fiction orig. and esp. of the late 18th and early 19th cent. using remote (and, orig., medieval) settings and a sinister, eerie atmosphere to suggest horror and mystery 0
- adjective gothic designating or of a type of romance (sense 3) set typically in the 18th or 19th cent. and relating the melodramatic adventures of the heroine 0
- noun gothic the East Germanic language of the Goths 0
- noun gothic Gothic style, esp. in architecture 0
- noun gothic a style of sans-serif type 0
- noun gothic a heavy, ornate style of type, now used especially in calligraphy 0