1 connected with the Goths (= a Germanic people who fought against the Roman Empire)
2 (architecture) built in the style that was popular in Western Europe from the 12th to the 16th centuries, and which has pointed arches and windows and tall thin PILLARS:
a Gothic church
3 (of a novel, etc.) written in the style popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, which described romantic adventures in mysterious or frightening surroundings
4 (of type and printing) having pointed letters with thick lines and sharp angles. German books used to be printed in this style.
5 connected with goths
noun [U]
1 the Gothic style of architecture
2 Gothic printing type or printed letters
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