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Meaning of gothic

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Gothic
      adj 1: characteristic of the style of type commonly used for
             printing German
      2: of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths; "the
         Gothic Bible translation"
      3: of or relating to the Goths; "Gothic migrations"
      4: as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and
         unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating" [syn:
         {medieval}, {mediaeval}, {gothic}]
      5: characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; "gothic
         novels like `Frankenstein'"
      n 1: 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
      2: a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries [syn:
         {Gothic}, {black letter}]
      3: 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 [syn: {Gothic},
         {Gothic architecture}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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