Gothic

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Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Characterized by gloom, mystery, and the grotesque: Describing a style, atmosphere, or work of art that evokes feelings of horror, darkness, and the supernatural, often with elaborate and ornate details.
    • As if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened: Describing something that is medieval in character, often implying barbarism or a lack of sophistication.
    • Of or relating to the Goths: Pertaining to the ancient Germanic people.
    • Of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths: Pertaining to the extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths.
    • Characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German: Referring to a heavy, blackletter typeface style.

  2. Noun:

    • A style of architecture: A European architectural style of the high and late medieval period, characterized by features like pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses.
    • A heavy typeface: A blackletter typeface style used from the 15th to 18th centuries.
    • An extinct East Germanic language: The language of the ancient Goths, known primarily from a 4th-century Bible translation.
Examples of Usage

  • Adjective:

    • The novel had a gothic atmosphere, full of haunted castles and family secrets.
    • His views on education seemed positively gothic.
    • Scholars study Gothic migrations across Europe.
    • The Gothic Bible is a crucial linguistic artifact.
    • The old German text was printed in a gothic font.

  • Noun:

    • The cathedral is a masterpiece of Gothic.
    • This early printed book uses Gothic.
    • Gothic is the earliest extensively recorded Germanic language.
Advanced Usage
  • "Gothic novel": A genre of fiction that combines horror, death, and romance, often set in a gloomy, medieval-like atmosphere.
    • 'Wuthering Heights' is often considered a Gothic novel.
  • "Gothic Revival": An architectural movement beginning in the late 18th century that sought to revive medieval Gothic forms.
    • The British Parliament building is a famous example of Gothic Revival.
Variants and Related Words
  • Gothically (adverb): In a Gothic manner.
    • The house was gothically ornate.
  • Gothicize (verb, rare): To make Gothic in style or character.
  • Neo-Gothic (adjective): Another term for Gothic Revival architecture.
Synonyms
  • Macabre: Gruesome and horrifying, often related to death (for the atmospheric sense).
  • Medieval: Of or relating to the Middle Ages (for the architectural/period sense).
  • Blackletter: For the typographical sense.
Related Phrases
  • American Gothic: Referring to a style of art or literature that applies Gothic elements to American settings and themes, famously exemplified by Grant Wood's painting.
    • The stories of Flannery O'Connor are part of the American Gothic tradition.
Related Idioms
  • To go gothic: (Informal) To adopt a style or aesthetic associated with Gothic subculture, involving dark clothing and music.
    • In her teens, she decided to go gothic.
Adjective
  1. characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
    • gothic novels like `Frankenstein'
  2. as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened
    • a medieval attitude toward dating
  3. of or relating to the Goths
    • Gothic migrations
  4. of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths
    • the Gothic Bible translation
  5. characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
Noun
  1. 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
  2. a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
  3. 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

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