gothic
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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 (noun.cognition)
2. a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | case, face, font, fount, typeface, |
| definition | : | a specific size and style of type within a type family (noun.communication) |
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 (noun.communication)
4. characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque (adj.all)
| similar | : | strange, unusual, |
| definition | : | being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird (adj.all) |
| domain category | : | literature, |
| definition | : | creative writing of recognized artistic value (noun.communication) |
5. as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened (adj.all)
| similar | : | nonmodern, |
| definition | : | not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time (adj.all) |
6. a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | gothic, |
| definition | : | characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German (adj.pert) |
7. 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 (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | gothic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths (adj.pert) |
8. of or relating to the Goths (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | goth, |
| definition | : | one of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries (noun.person) |
9. of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | gothic, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | gothic, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.communication) |
10. characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | black letter, gothic, |
| definition | : | a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | black letter, gothic, |
| definition | : | a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries (noun.communication) |
11. a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | gothic, |
| definition | : | characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German (adj.pert) |
12. 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 (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | gothic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths (adj.pert) |
13. of or relating to the Goths (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | goth, |
| definition | : | one of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries (noun.person) |
14. of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | gothic, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | gothic, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.communication) |
15. characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | black letter, gothic, |
| definition | : | a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | black letter, gothic, |
| definition | : | a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries (noun.communication) |
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