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gothic

nounadjective /ɡɑθɪk/ 2 syllables 6 letters Scrabble 12 WWF 13
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noun

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

adjective

as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened

noun

a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries

adjective

characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque

“gothic novels like `Frankenstein'”

noun

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

characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German

of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths

of or relating to the Goths

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