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Ok I went and got you the TRUE DEFINITION for gothic so here you are now please leave this subject alone because it already has a couple of threads that you can read through and get people's idea's/tthoughts on the subject I believe one of them is subjected as Gothique and is in the general section of the forum with four pages devoted to this argument now onto the definition.
Definition courtesy of Dictionary.com gotta love it
Goth·ic ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gthk)
adj.
1.
1. Of or relating to the Goths or their language.
2. Germanic; Teutonic.
2. Of or relating to the Middle Ages; medieval.
3.
1. Of or relating to an architectural style prevalent in western Europe from the 12th through the 15th century and characterized by pointed arches, rib vaulting, and a developing emphasis on verticality and the impression of height.
2. Of or relating to an architectural style derived from medieval Gothic.
4. Of or relating to painting, sculpture, or other art forms prevalent in northern Europe from the 12th through the 15th century.
5. often gothic Of or relating to a style of fiction that emphasizes the grotesque, mysterious, and desolate.
6. gothic Barbarous; crude.
n.
1. The extinct East Germanic language of the Goths.
2. Gothic art or architecture.
3. often gothic Printing.
1. See black letter.
2. See sans serif.
4. A novel in a style emphasizing the grotesque, mysterious, and desolate.
Gothi·cal·ly adv.
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