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gothic
has definitions from the fields of architecture,printing,linguistics,antiquity,medieval
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[ noun ] (printing) a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
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[ noun ] (linguistics,antiquity) 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
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[ adjective ] (literature) characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
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[ adjective ] of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths
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[ adjective ] (printing) characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
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[ noun ] (architecture) a style of architecture developed in N 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
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