"of the Goths," the ancient Germanic people, "pertaining to the Goths or their language," 1610s, from Late LatinGothicus, fromGothi, GreekGothoi(seeGoth). Old English hadGotisc. As a noun, "the language of the Goths," from 1757.Gothicwas used by 17c. scholars to mean "Germanic, ...
"habits of life" as regards moral, ethical, or spiritual choices, from Proto-Germanic*wega-"course of travel, way" (source also of Old Saxon, Dutchweg, Old Norsevegr, Old Frisianwei, Old High Germanweg, GermanWeg, Gothicwigs"way"), from PIE root*wegh-"to go, move, transport in a...
[Old English word; related to Old High German wort, Old Norse orth, Gothic waurd, Latin verbum, Sanskrit vratá command] Word (wɜːd) n 1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity the 2nd person of the Trinity 2. (Theology) Scripture, the Bible, or the Gospels as embodying or represen...
bef. 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutchwoord,GermanWort,Old Norseorth,Gothicwaurd; akin to Old Prussianwirds,Latinverbumword, Lithuanianvar̃dasname 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridgedstatement, declaration. 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridgedpledge. ...
First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch woord, German Wort, Old Norse orth, orð, Gothic waurd, waúrd, all from Germanic wurdam (unattested); akin to Latin verbum “word,” Greek rhḗtōr (dialect wrḗtōr )“public speaker, orator, rhetorician,...
of height. More generally, the term can mean works relating to the architectural style derived from medieval gothic. Often ‘gothic’ is used to generally describe art that emphasises the grotesque, mysterious and desolate – qualities identified as central to the historical period of the gothic. ...
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[Old English bōc; related to Old Norse bōk, Old High German buoh book, Gothic bōka letter; see beech (the bark of which was used as a writing surface)] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, ...
This book was likely printed at Basel around 1500 in quarto and with Gothic type! No one is sure how Poe could have known about this book. used in: The Fall of the House of Usher vignette 1. A portrait photograph which fades into its background without a definite border. 2. A short...
Wood was transfixed by the house, constructed in the Carpenter Gothic vernacular, and the type of people who might have inhabited it: "I imagined American Gothic people with their faces stretched out long to go with this American Gothic house." Listed on the National Register of Historic ...