Gothic means in the pointed-arch style of medieval architecture. Gothic cathedral, Gothic windows, Gothic revival.
The pointed arch is the whole engineering point: it carries weight downward rather than outward, which let builders raise walls high and fill them with glass. The name was an insult from Renaissance Italians, who thought the style barbaric.
1adjectivegothicIn the pointed-arch style of medieval architecture.
“The cathedral's gothic arches and stained glass windows attract thousands of visitors.”
gothic is a style.
From Goth plus -ic. Renaissance writers used it to mean barbarous, after the Goths who sacked Rome.
From goth + -ic, see Gothic.
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