pertaining to the goths; as, gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous.-of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions -- prevalent in western europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d.  see illust. of abacus, and capital.-the language of the goths; especially, the language of that part of the visigoths who settled in moesia in the 4th century. see goth.-a kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines.-the style described in gothic, a., 2.