Gothic
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7.9
- adjective
- /ˈɡɑːθɪk/
- Archaic
:
gótico
- The Gothic fonts used in medieval manuscripts are known for their elaborate design.
- Gothic font
- Gothic lettering
Examples
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In Romantic art of the early nineteenth century, Gothic churches, cathedrals, and ruins figured prominently.
Academic text (1992) -
Larry had already gone in through two green doors forming a Gothic arch.
Academic text (2009) -
On one side of the square was a town hall of gray Gothic stone.
Fiction book (1992) -
The houses were mostly upscale Southern Gothic, old and expensive.
Fiction book (1995) -
The castle is faux, of course, but it has a Gothic charm.
Fiction book (1995) -
Though now associated with Germany, where the Gothic Fraktur was common until the Second World War, it was used throughout Europe during the late Middle Ages.
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The first forms of letters, the fonts, duplicated the Gothic script manually produced by scribes.
Academic text (2005) -
In the center of the moat stood a tall, brooding castle, elaborate with Gothic figurines and hand-carved paraphernalia.
Fiction book (1999) -
Light filtered in here in a rainbow stripe through a triangular pane inscribed with the Gothic numerals 17.
Fiction book (2000) -
Many historical documents were printed in Gothic type, which features intricate and ornate lettering.
Compounds
- Literature
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9.3
Stories or novels with dark, mysterious settings and frightening events
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6.8
A European church and cathedral style with tall pointed arches and flying buttresses
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8.1
A style of building that copies medieval Gothic churches, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries
- Specialized
A style of church and cathedral building from 14th–15th century England with tall lines, Tudor arches, and fan-shaped stone ceilings
- Specialized
A style of English church design from the 1300s and 1400s with tall lines, Tudor arches, and fan vaults
- Specialized
An old East Germanic language once spoken by the Goths and known from a fourth-century Bible translation
A style of building design that copies medieval Gothic features like pointed arches and decorative stonework
A building style from the 1800s that copies old Gothic churches with pointed arches and tall towers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gothic was used to describe the heavy blackletter script common in Germany because people called German writing 'Gothic', meaning 'foreign' or rough, and so Gothic came to mean that style of lettering.