Definition of: Gothic

(goth′ik) adjective
1. Of or pertaining to the Goths or to their language.
2. Rude, barbaric.
3. Of or pertaining to Gothic architecture.
4. Obs. Germanic or Teutonic.
5. Romantic; medieval: distinguished from classic.
—noun
1. The East Germanic language of the Goths, known chiefly from fragments of a translation of the Bible made by Bishop Ulfilas in the fourth century: extinct by the ninth century.
2. The pointed style in architecture.
—Goth′i·cal·ly adverb