Définition "Gothic" dans le dictionnaire Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus

Gothic adj

1 denoting, relating to, or resembling the style of architecture that was used in W Europe from the 12th to the 16th centuries, characterized by the lancet arch, the ribbed vault, and the flying buttress
See also → Gothic Revival

2 of or relating to the style of sculpture, painting, or other arts as practised in W Europe from the 12th to the 16th centuries

3 of or relating to a literary style characterized by gloom, the grotesque, and the supernatural, popular esp. in the late 18th century: when used of modern literature, films, etc., sometimes spelt: Gothick

4 of, relating to, or characteristic of the Goths or their language

5 primitive and barbarous in style, behaviour, etc.

6 of or relating to the Middle Ages

7 another word for → Goth → 4 n

8 Gothic architecture or art

9 the extinct language of the ancient Goths, known mainly from fragments of a translation of the Bible made in the 4th century by Bishop Wulfila
See also → East Germanic

10 (Also called (esp. Brit)) black letter the family of heavy script typefaces

11 another word for → Goth → 3
♦ Gothically adv