relating to the Goths, their culture, or their language
relating to or denoting a style of architecture prevalent from the middle of the 12th to the early 16th cent. characterized by vaulting and pointed arches
Gothic was originally associated with the concept of the barbarian Goths as assailants of classical civilization. From the 18th cent. it was used to define western European architecture and art from the later 12th cent. to the Renaissance. Gothic style is characterized by the pointed arch, an often skeletal masonry structure for churches, combined with large glazed windows, and, generally, a formalized treatment of the human figure in sculpture and painting — Bridget Cherry
(often gothic) of or resembling a genre of fiction of the late 18th and early 19th cent. dealing with macabre or mysterious events in remote and desolate settings
(often gothic)
denoting or resembling a class of novels of the late 18th and early 19th cent. dealing with macabre or mysterious events in remote and desolate settings
(also Gothick) relating to the macabre or supernatural
relating to or denoting a form of type or lettering with a heavy thick face and angular outlines used esp by the earliest European printers
Gothically adv
Gothicism /-siz(ə)m/ noun