gothic

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.

A heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries.

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.

As if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened.

Characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque.

“gothic novels like `Frankenstein'”

Characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German.

Of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths.

Of or relating to the Goths.