Goth

¹ American  

[goth] / gɒθ /

adjective

1. Often goth

   1. of or relating to a genre of rock music that first became popular in the 1980s and is characterized by morbid themes and melodies.

      Goth rock is one of my favorite types of music.

   2. of or relating to a subculture favoring goth music and a dark and morbid aesthetic.

      Her dark clothes and piercings suggested she was a goth girl.

2. of or relating to a Teutonic people who in the 3rd to 5th centuries invaded and settled in parts of the Roman Empire.

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noun

1. Often goth

   1. a genre of rock music that first became popular in the 1980s and is characterized by morbid themes and melodies.

      Goth has taken many forms over its years as a genre.

   2. a person who is part of a subculture favoring a genre of rock music that first became popular in the 1980s and a dark and morbid aesthetic.

      The club was full of goths dressed in black shirts and pants.

2. one of a Teutonic people who in the 3rd to 5th centuries invaded and settled in parts of the Roman Empire.

3. a person of no refinement; barbarian.

Goth ² American  

Or Goth.

abbreviation

Linguistics.

1. Gothic.

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Goth British  

/ ɡɒθ /

noun

1. a member of an East Germanic people from Scandinavia who settled south of the Baltic early in the first millennium _ad . They moved on to the Ukrainian steppes and raided and later invaded many parts of the Roman Empire from the 3rd to the 5th century See also Ostrogoth Visigoth

2. a rude or barbaric person

3. (sometimes not capital) an aficionado of Goth music and fashion

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adjective

1. Also: Gothic.  (sometimes not capital)

   1. (of music) in a style of guitar-based rock with some similarities to heavy metal and punk and usually characterized by depressing or mournful lyrics

   2. (of fashion) characterized by black clothes and heavy make-up, often creating a ghostly appearance

Etymology

Origin of Goth

First recorded before 900; Middle English Gothe from Late Latin Gothī (plural); replacing Old English Gotan (plural) ( Gota, singular); cognate with Gothic Gut- (in Gut-thiuda “Goth-people”)

Example Sentences

More remotely with the Sansc. lî, liquere, and directly with Welsh lleithio, to moisten, llyddo, to pour, Gael. lith, a pool, smooth water, Goth. leithus, Ang.-Sax. lidh, liquor, poculum, potus, I connect the following.

From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert

The stem will, on which are formed guill and cwill, may be referred to Goth. wilya, will, perhaps, in the sense of resolution.

From Surnames as a Science by Ferguson, Robert

Icel. agi; akin to AS. ege, ?ga, Goth. agis, Dan. ave chastisement, fear, Gr. ? pain, distress, from the same root as E. ail.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

The sense seems to point to the A.S. and-weardian, to be present, Goth. and-wairths, present.

From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

Goth., ii, 14, 15; iv, 29; St. Isidore, Origins, xiv, 5; Ven.

From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Zurara, Gomes Eannes de