GOTHIC — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
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.
Of or relating to the Goths.
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- Gothic migrations.
Of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths.
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- The Gothic Bible translation.
Characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German.
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gothic
Characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque.
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- Gothic novels like 'Frankenstein'.
As if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened.
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- A medieval attitude toward dating.
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