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Goth|gɒθ|
Forms: 1 Gota, 4–5, 7 Gothe, 6 Sc. Gotte, (7 Got), 6– Goth.
[OE. Gotan pl. (Gota sing.), ad. late L. Gothī, Gotthī, Gr. Γόθοι, Γότθοι pl., ad. Goth. *Gutôs or *Gutans pl.; cf. Goth. Gutþiuda the Gothic people.]
1. One of a Germanic tribe, who, in the third, fourth, and fifth centuries, invaded both the Eastern and Western empires, and founded kingdoms in Italy, France, and Spain.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. i. ix. [xi.] (1890) 42 Seo herᵹung wæs þurh Alaricum Gotena cyning ᵹeworden. c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. pr. iv. 9 (Camb. MS.) Theodoric þe kyng of gothes..hadde hise gerneres ful of corn. 1480Caxton Descr. Brit. 32 These men and these gothes ben all one peple. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 357 Fair Florence..Distroyit wes..Be the gottis perforce that held it than. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. iii. iii. 9, I am heere with thee, and thy Goats, as the most capricious Poet honest Ovid was among the Gothes. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 238 Eudo the Goth then King of a great part of France. 1663Gerbier Counsel e iij a, The Gots, who were sent packing by the Mores. 1694Dryden To Sir G. Kneller 47 Till Goths and Vandals, a rude northern race, Did all the matchless monuments deface. 1709Shaftesbury Charac. (1733) I. ii. 86 Hardly a Tartar or a Goth would..reason so absurdly. 1832W. Irving Alhambra I. 82 The fiery courage of the Arab was at length subdued by the obstinate and persevering valour of the Goth. 1869Lowell Cathedral Poet. Wks. 1890 IV. 59 Shall not that Western Goth..Find out, some day, that nothing pays but God.
2. transf.
a. One who behaves like a barbarian, esp. in the destruction or neglect of works of art; a rude, uncivilized, or ignorant person; one devoid of culture and taste. Often associated with Vandal.
1663Gerbier Counsel 50 For who would Rob them but Goths and Vandalls. 1735Berkeley Querist §184 Whether every enemy to learning be not a Goth? 1779Franklin Lett. Wks. 1889 VI. 422, I am sorry for the losses you have suffered by the Goths and Vandals [the British troops]. 1850W. D. Cooper Hist. Winchelsea 135 The successive efforts for ages of the local Goths. 1870L'Estrange Miss Mitford I. v. 114 A horrible Goth of a Scotchman.
b. = Gothicist.
[c1812in W. Thornbury Haunted London (1880) App. 465 The Modern Goth.] 1837Q. Rev. LVIII. 66 That preterpluperfect Goth, Mr. S. Pugin.., regrets the mistake of Sir Christopher Wren in the construction of St. Paul's. 1849T. W. Allies Jrnl. in France 142 The cathedral [of Milan] itself..is quite indefensible in the eyes of a thorough-going Goth. 1857(title) A Word to the Goths. 1866Fr. Pius Life Fr. Ignatius xii. 276 The famous Goth [sc. Pugin]. 1907R. A. Cram Gothic Quest 134 Bentley, in some ways perhaps the greatest of all the new Goths of England.
3. Comb.
1611Cotgr., Gothique, Gothlike; rude, cruell, barbarous. 1887J. J. Hissey Holiday on Road 316 A Goth-like way of settling a difficulty, this, surely.
Sense 3 in Dict. becomes 4. Add: 3. Often with lower-case initial. a. A style of rock music, and the youth culture associated with this, deriving originally from punk, and characterized by the dramatically stark appearance of its performers and followers, reminiscent of the protagonists of (esp. cinematic) gothic fantasy, and by mystical or apocalyptic lyrics. Cf. *Gothic a. 3 e.
1986City Limits 15 Jan. 49 Hamish and Dave Birkman battled against traditional dancefloor ideas with a complete mish mash of funk, rock, goth. 1987Melody Maker 15 Aug. 7/1 If it hadn't been for ‘G. I. Blues’ there would have been no goth. 1990Guardian 26 Nov. 35/3 Eldritch mainly skulks deep within the fog created by the dry ice. Part Heathcliffe, part Jim Morrison, part Pee Wee Herman, he wrote the book on Goth.
b. A performer or fan of this music, or anyone who adopts a similar appearance, typically through the use of dark eye make-up and pale skin colouring, dark clothes, and bulky metallic jewellery.
1986City Limits 17–23 Jan. 44/4 Ian Pearson, DJ at Another Excess (Friday and Saturday)..lets us into a secret: he's not a goth, and gives us his six gravel-grinding sounds to prove it. 1987Cherwell 27 Nov. 12/2 It's a shame Omni's shut down—that was the meeting place for all the Saturday goths. 1988Local Support 30 Jan. p. xi/1 Oh-oh, Garden of Dreams? Sounds like a bunch of dodgy goths. 1990Guardian 25 Sept. 23/5 Hacks take note. Goths will wear black The Mission T-shirts and pointy-toe boots.
c. attrib. and Comb., esp. as Goth-punk, Goth-rock.
1986Melody Maker 19 Apr. 45/5 (Advt.), Drummer, Bass Player: No chart or goth brains. 1987Washington Post 22 May n21/1 Its dark, droning style is clearly similar to that of fellow Yorkshire goth-punks Joy Division, Sisters of Mercy and Mission U.K. 1988Los Angeles Times 19 June 91/1 Fields of the Nephilim are England's latest Goth-rock sensations. 1989Melody Maker 23–30 Dec. 37/2 The rock guitar has experienced something of a resurgence in recent years..with the Goth bands coming out of the closet as rockin' muthas. 1991Details Apr. 118/1 The Sisters of Mercy were the '80s darkest goth group. |