What is the meaning of Gothic?

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.
A heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries.
- synonyms: black letter
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.
- synonyms: Gothic architecture

Characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German.
Of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths.
- usage: "the Gothic Bible translation"
Of or relating to the Goths.
- usage: "Gothic migrations"
As if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened.
- usage: "a medieval attitude toward dating"
- synonyms: medieval, mediaeval
Characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque.
- usage: "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'"

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