gothique — meaning in English

English meaning

• goth adjective Relating to goth music, fashion, or the goth subculture.
• Gothic adjective Relating to the medieval European architectural style with tall pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and large stained-glass windows.
• macabre adj Disturbingly focused on death, or gruesome and horrifying to look at.

Senses

gothique is used for these senses in English:

• Gothic An extinct Germanic language, once spoken by the Goths.
• goth Relating to goth music or people.
• macabre Obsessed with death or the gruesome.

Gothic — full definition

1. adjective Relating to the medieval European architectural style with tall pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and large stained-glass windows.
2. adjective Describing fiction that mixes romance with horror, usually set in crumbling castles, mansions, or other gloomy places.
3. adjective Relating to the goth subculture, its music, and fashion.
4. noun A novel written in the Gothic style, full of mystery, dread, and romance.

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