Visigoth

American  

[viz-i-goth] / ˈvɪz ɪˌgɒθ /

noun

Visigoths plural

1. 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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Visigoth British  

/ ˈvɪzɪˌɡɒθ /

noun

1. 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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Visigothic
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Visigoths
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Visigoth

1605–15; < Late Latin Visigothī (plural) < Germanic, equivalent to unattested wisi- (cognate with west ) + goth- Goth ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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By the early 400s, the Visigoth leader Alaric had negotiated various agreements with the Roman government to settle his people in Roman territory.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

“Before the dinner I was wondering why Alaric the Visigoth had 40 donkeys loaded up with barrels of verdicchio,” he said.

From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2020

Expedition Unknown Host Josh Gates heads to Italy in search of the tomb of a Visigoth king in this new installment.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2017

“He’d go into long diatribes about the Visigoth invasion and the Peloponnesian Wars,” another colleague said.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 24, 2017

Then the Arian Vandals bitterly persecuted the Church in Africa, and the Visigoth Arians had possession of France from the Loire southwards, and of Spain.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)

The Empire was crumbling; the Visigoths had sacked Rome.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

In Rome it was free food and entertainment and don’t look now but the Visigoths are coming.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2025

In 1929, it rampaged through Florida’s ag business like Visigoths sacking Rome.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

Huns, Visigoths, mutinous 16th-century German mercenaries — take your pick.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

When you sacked Rome with the Visigoths, you could smell the smoky scent of the burning city as well as the barbarians’ b.o.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein