adj. & n.
--adj.
1. of the Goths or their language.
2 in the style of architecture prevalent in W. Europe in the 12th-16th c., characterized by pointed arches.
3 (of a novel etc.) in a style popular in the 18th-19th c., with supernatural or horrifying events.
4 barbarous, uncouth.
5 Printing (of type) old-fashioned German, black letter, or sanserif.
--n.
1. the Gothic language.
2 Gothic architecture.
3 Printing Gothic type.
Derivatives:
Gothically adv. Gothicism n. Gothicize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise).
Etymology: F gothique or LL gothicus f. Gothi: see GOTH