gothic
['gɑθɪk]
n. 哥特

a. 哥特, 野蛮

1. This article is printed in Gothic.
   篇文章黑体印刷。
2. This Gothic cathedral has attracted visitors from all around the world.
   座哥特教堂界游。
3. British-born American architect who was a leader of the Gothic revival. His designs include Trinity Church in New York City(1846).
   厄翰，德1802－1878英美建筑师，哥特复位执牛耳。设括纽位体教堂（1846）

gothic
[ noun ]

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

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

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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

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[ adj ]

1. characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German

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2. of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths

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the Gothic Bible translation

3. of or relating to the Goths

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Gothic migrations

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

<adj.all>
a medieval attitude toward dating

5. characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque

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gothic novels like `Frankenstein'

Gothic \Goth"ic\, a. [L. Gothicus: cf. F. gothique.]
1. Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude;
barbarous.

2. (Arch.) Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with
pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion
to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in
proportion to the other dimensions -- prevalent in Western
Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust. of
{Abacus}, and {Capital}.


Gothic \Goth"ic\, n.
1. The language of the Goths; especially, the language of
that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the
4th century. See {Goth}.

Note: Bishop Ulfilas or Walfila translated most of the Bible
into Gothic about the Middle of the 4th century. The
portion of this translaton which is preserved is the
oldest known literary document in any Teutonic
language.

2. A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines.

Note: This is Nonpareil GOTHIC.

3. (Arch.) The style described in {Gothic}, a., 2.


Pointed \Point"ed\, a.
1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.

2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of
expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a
particular person or thing.

His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. --Pope.

{Pointed arch} (Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown.

{Pointed style} (Arch.), a name given to that style of
architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant
feature; -- more commonly called {Gothic}.
※ -- {Point"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Point"ed*ness},
n.


Moesogothic \M[oe]`so*goth"ic\, n.
The language of the M[oe]sogoths; -- also called {Gothic}.