GOTHIC
Scrabble letter values: G2O1T1H4I1C3 = 12
Definition
- noun extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths.
- noun a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries. — synonyms: black_letter
- noun a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries. — synonyms: Gothic_architecture
- adjective characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German.
- adjective of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths.
- adjective of or relating to the Goths.
- adjective as if belonging to the Middle Ages. — synonyms: medieval, mediaeval
- adjective characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque.
Examples
- “the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas”
- “characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches”
- “the Gothic Bible translation”