Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - gothic
Gothic
gothic
adj. & n. --adj. 1 of the Goths or their language. 2 in the style of architecture prevalent in W. Europe in the 12th-16th c., characterized by pointed arches. 3 (of a novel etc.) in a style popular in the 18th-19th c., with supernatural or horrifying events. 4 barbarous, uncouth. 5 Printing (of type) old-fashioned German, black letter, or sanserif. --n. 1 the Gothic language. 2 Gothic architecture. 3 Printing Gothic type. Derivatives Gothically adv. Gothicism n. Gothicize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise). Etymology: F gothique or LL gothicus f. Gothi: see GOTH
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I. adjective Date: 1591 1. of, relating to, or resembling the Goths, their civilization, or their language, Teutonic, Germanic, medieval 1, uncouth, barbarous, 2. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of architecture developed in northern France and spreading through western Europe from the middle of the 12th century to the early 16th century that is characterized by the converging of weights and strains at isolated points upon slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by pointed arches and vaulting, of or relating to an architectural style reflecting the influence of the medieval ~, of or relating to a style of fiction characterized by the use of desolate or remote settings and macabre, mysterious, or violent incidents, gothically adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1691 1. black letter, sans serif, ~ art style or decoration, the East Germanic language of the Goths, a novel, film, or play in the gothic style ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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