Synonyms: Gothic, Gothic architecture
Definition: 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
Similar words: architectural style, type of architecture, style of architecture
Definition: architecture as a kind of art form
Synonyms: black letter, Gothic
Definition: a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
Similar words: typeface, face, font, fount, case
Definition: a specific size and style of type within a type family
Synonyms: Gothic
Definition: 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
Similar words: East Germanic, East Germanic language
Definition: an extinct branch of the Germanic languages
Synonyms: gothic
Definition: characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
Usage: gothic novels like `Frankenstein'
Similar words: strange, unusual
Definition: being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
Usage: a strange exaltation that was indefinable; a strange fantastical mind; what a strange sense of humor she has
Synonyms: gothic, mediaeval, medieval
Definition: as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened
Usage: a medieval attitude toward dating
Similar words: nonmodern
Definition: not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time