Dictionary Check: gothic
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Definition
adjective
characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
adjective
as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened
Example:
"a medieval attitude toward dating"
adjective
of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths
Example:
"the Gothic Bible translation"
adjective
characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
Example:
"gothic novels like ‘Frankenstein’"
adjective
of or relating to the Goths
Example:
"Gothic migrations"
noun
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
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