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gothic | [in literature] characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque | ||
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Gothic | of or relating to the Goths | ||
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Gothic, black letter, blackletter, Gothic script, Gothic minuscule, Textura | a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries | ||
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Gothic | of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths | ||
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Gothic | 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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Gothic | characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German | ||
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medieval, gothic, mediaeval | as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened | ||
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Gothic, Gothic architecture | 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 |