Definition of "Gothic" :

noun: 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

noun: a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries

noun: 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

adjective: characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque

"Gothic novels like Frankenstein'."

adjective: as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened

adjective: of or relating to the Goths

"Gothic migrations."

adjective: of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths

"The Gothic Bible translation."

adjective: characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German