Gothic

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Gothic/ˈɡɒθɪk/

▶adjective

• 1 relating to the ancient Goths or their language.

• 2 of or in the style of architecture prevalent in western Europe in the 12th–16th centuries (and revived in the 18th and 19th centuries), characterized by pointed arches.

• 3 (also pseudo-archaic Gothick) portentously gloomy or horrifying.

• 4 (of lettering) derived from the angular style of handwriting with broad vertical downstrokes used in medieval western Europe.

• 5 (gothic) relating to goths or their rock music.

▶noun

• 1 the East Germanic language of the Goths.

• 2 the Gothic style of architecture.

• 3 Gothic type or lettering.

– derivatives
Gothically adverb,
Gothicism noun.