Definition of gothic

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  • gothic is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
  • gothic is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
  • gothic is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13

Definition of gothic

  • 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. gothic architecture
  • as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. mediaeval
    2. medieval
  • a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. black letter
  • characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque (adjective)

    Examples

    1. gothic novels like `Frankenstein'
  • 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 (noun)
  • characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German ()
  • of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths ()
  • of or relating to the Goths ()

See definition of gothic in Merriam Webster