Visigoth

[ viz-i-goth ]

/ ˈvɪz ɪˌgɒθ /

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noun

a member of the westerly division of the Goths, which formed a monarchy about a.d. 418, maintaining it in southern France until 507 and in Spain until 711.

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Origin of Visigoth

1605–15; <Late Latin Visigothī (plural) <Germanic, equivalent to unattested wisi- (cognate with west) + goth- Goth¹

OTHER WORDS FROM Visigoth

Vis·i·goth·ic, adjective

Words nearby Visigoth

visible balance, visible horizon, visible radiation, visible spectrum, visible speech, Visigoth, Visine, vision, visional, visionary, vision board

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How to use Visigoth in a sentence

The word may have some connexion with a corruption of Visigoth, a suggestion to which the use in the Girard romance lends colour.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7|Various
The Visigoth kingdom, which had stood for three centuries, had passed its meridian.
A Short History of Spain|Mary Platt Parmele
Toledo, the capital of the Visigoth Kings, is the city about which cluster the richest memories of Spain in her heroic age.
A Short History of Spain|Mary Platt Parmele
The Visigoth monarchy, although in many cases hereditary, was in fact elective.
A Short History of Spain|Mary Platt Parmele

This romance, lying at the very root of a Gothic dynasty in Spain, marks the earliest beginnings of a line of Visigoth kings.
A Short History of Spain|Mary Platt Parmele

British Dictionary definitions for Visigoth

Visigoth

/ (ˈvɪzɪˌɡɒθ) /

noun

a member of the western group of the Goths, who were driven into the Balkans in the late 4th century ad . Moving on, they sacked Rome (410) and established a kingdom in present-day Spain and S France that lasted until 711

Derived forms of Visigoth

Visigothic, adjective

Word Origin for Visigoth

C17: from Late Latin Visigothī (pl), of Germanic origin, visi- perhaps meaning: west

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