Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - goth

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English ~es, Gotes (plural), partly from Old English Gotan (plural); partly from Late Latin ~i (plural)  Date: 14th century  1. a member of a Germanic people that overran the Roman Empire in the early centuries of the Christian era  2. often not capitalized  a. rock music marked by dark and morbid lyrics  b. a fan or performer of goth  3. a person who wears mostly black clothing, uses dark dramatic makeup, and often has dyed black hair  II. abbreviation ~ic