Definition of the word Gothic

Pronunciation of vocabulary Gothic

Gothicnoun

Gothic

/ˈɡɒθɪk//ˈɡɑːθɪk/

Origin of the word Gothic

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)).

Example of vocabulary Gothicnamespace

meaning

the Gothic style of architecture

meaning

Gothic printing type or printed letters

Words, synonyms, related vocabulary Gothic

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