Gothic

adjective

/ˈɡɒθɪk/

/ˈɡɑːθɪk/

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connected with the Goths (= a Germanic people who fought against the Roman Empire)
(architecture) built in the style that was popular in western Europe from the 12th to the 16th centuries, and which has pointed arches and windows and tall thin pillars
- a Gothic church
Topics Artc2, Buildingsc2
(of a novel, etc.) written in the style popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, which described romantic adventures in mysterious or frightening places or situations
(of type and printing) having pointed letters with thick lines and sharp angles. German books used to be printed in this style.
gothic
connected with goths

Word Originfrom French gothique or late Latin gothicus, from Gothi (plural), from Greek Gothoi, from Gothic Gutthiuda ‘the Gothic people’. It was used in the 17th and 18th cents to mean ‘not classical’ (i.e. not Greek or Roman), and hence to refer to medieval architecture which did not follow classical models (sense (2)) and a typeface based on medieval handwriting (sense (4)).

Gothic

noun

/ˈɡɒθɪk/

/ˈɡɑːθɪk/

[uncountable]

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the Gothic style of architectureTopics Buildingsc2
Gothic printing type or printed letters

单词	Gothic
释义	Gothic adjective /ˈɡɒθɪk/ /ˈɡɑːθɪk/ jump to other results connected with the Goths (= a Germanic people who fought against the Roman Empire) (architecture) built in the style that was popular in western Europe from the 12th to the 16th centuries, and which has pointed arches and windows and tall thin pillars a Gothic church Topics Artc2, Buildingsc2 (of a novel, etc.) written in the style popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, which described romantic adventures in mysterious or frightening places or situations (of type and printing) having pointed letters with thick lines and sharp angles. German books used to be printed in this style. gothic connected with goths Word Originfrom French gothique or late Latin gothicus, from Gothi (plural), from Greek Gothoi, from Gothic Gutthiuda ‘the Gothic people’. It was used in the 17th and 18th cents to mean ‘not classical’ (i.e. not Greek or Roman), and hence to refer to medieval architecture which did not follow classical models (sense (2)) and a typeface based on medieval handwriting (sense (4)). Gothic noun /ˈɡɒθɪk/ /ˈɡɑːθɪk/ [uncountable] jump to other results the Gothic style of architectureTopics Buildingsc2 Gothic printing type or printed letters Word Originfrom French gothique or late Latin gothicus, from Gothi (plural), from Greek Gothoi, from Gothic Gutthiuda ‘the Gothic people’. It was used in the 17th and 18th cents to mean ‘not classical’ (i.e. not Greek or Roman), and hence to refer to medieval architecture which did not follow classical models (sense (2)) and a typeface based on medieval handwriting (sense (4)).
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