gothic

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From goth + -ic, see Gothic.

The old Gothic slang abounded in it. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
Before her was a great Gothic portal. — Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
I have never seen a single Gothic cathedral. — The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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