1. (

• 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 ;

2. (

• Gothic ,
• black_letter

) a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries ;

3. (

• 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 ;

1. (

• Gothic ,

) characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German ;

2. (

• Gothic ,

) of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths; "the Gothic Bible translation" ;

3. (

• Gothic

) of or relating to the Goths; "Gothic migrations" ;

4. (

• medieval ,
• mediaeval ,
• gothic

) as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating" ;

5. (

• gothic

) characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'" ;