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as an adjective: - 1
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gothic - 4
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gothic
noun
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.
Dutch: Gothisch
2 Gothic
A heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries.
synonym: black letter.
Polish: gotyk
3 Gothic
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.
synonym: Gothic architecture.
Polish: styl gotycki, gotycyzm, gotyk
adjective
1 Gothic
Characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German.
Polish: gotycki
2 Gothic
Of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths.
3 Gothic
Of or relating to the Goths.
Polish: gocki
4 gothic
As if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened.
synonyms: mediaeval, medieval.
5 gothic
Characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque.
Roget 851:
in bad taste vulgar,
unrefined.
coarse,
indecorous,
ribald,
gross;
unseemly,
unbeseeming†,
unpresentable†;
contra bonos mores [Lat.];
ungraceful
etc.
(ugly)
846.
dowdy;
slovenly
etc.
(dirty)
653;
ungenteel,
shabby genteel;
low,
common,
hoi polloi [Gr.],
etc.
(plebeian)
876;
uncourtly†;
uncivil
etc.
(discourteous)
895;
ill bred,
ill mannered;
underbred;
ungentlemanly,
ungentlemanlike;
unladylike,
unfeminine;
wild,
wild as an unbacked colt.
untutored,
unschooled
(ignorant)
491.
unkempt.
uncombed,
untamed,
unlicked†,
unpolished,
uncouth;
plebeian;
incondite†;
heavy,
rude,
awkward;
homely,
homespun,
home bred;
provincial,
countrified,
rustic;
boorish,
clownish;
savage,
brutish,
blackguard,
rowdy,
snobbish;
barbarous,
barbaric;
Gothic,
unclassical†,
doggerel,
heathenish,
tramontane,
outlandish;
uncultivated;
Bohemian.
obsolete
etc.
(antiquated)
124;
unfashionable;
newfangled
etc.
(unfamiliar)
83;
odd
etc.
(ridiculous)
853.
particular;
affected
etc.
855;
meretricious;
extravagant,
monstrous,
horrid;
shocking
etc.
(painful)
830.
gaudy,
tawdry,
overornamented,
baroque,
rococo;
bedizened,
tricked out,
gingerbread;
obtrusive.
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Roget 241:
shapeless,
amorphous,
formless;
unformed,
unhewn†,
unfashioned†,
unshaped,
unshapen;
rough,
rude,
Gothic,
barbarous,
rugged.
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