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