Gothic

·noun The style described in Gothic, ·adj, 2.

II. Gothic ·noun A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines.

III. Gothic ·adj Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous.

IV. Gothic ·noun The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. ·see Goth.

V. Gothic ·adj Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions — prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 ·a.d. ·see ·Illust. of Abacus, and Capital.