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Gothicness|ˈgɒθɪknɪs|
[f. Gothic a. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being Gothic; an instance of this. Also concr., a piece of Gothic ornamentation.
1853Ruskin Stones Ven. II. vi, Gothicness,—the character which, according as it is found more or less in a building, makes it more or less Gothic. 1872Sacristy II. 5 In these days..‘Gothicness’ is the sole test of ecclesiastical propriety. 1874J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Par. Churches 175 Projecting canopies and such-like unquiet Gothicnesses. |