noun
                                                extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
                                                                                                Synonyms
                                                
                                                                                                                                                                        black letter
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries
                                                                                                Synonyms
                                                
                                                                                                                                                                        Gothic architecture
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the Gothic Bible translation
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                of or relating to the Goths
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - Gothic migrations
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                as if belonging to the Middle Ages
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - old-fashioned and unenlightened
- a medieval attitude toward dating
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - gothic novels like `Frankenstein'