Goth

goth

music with dark, morbid lyrics; a fan or performer of goth; a person who dresses in black, uses dark dramatic makeup, and often has dyed black hair

Goth

(gŏth)

A member of a Germanic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the early centuries of the Christian era.

[From Middle English Gothes, Goths, from Late Latin Gothī, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English Gota and Old Norse Goti, Goth.]

goth

(gŏth)

1. A style of rock music, noted especially for somber or ethereal tones and lugubrious lyrics.

2. A performer or follower of this style of music.

[From Gothic (from a view of Gothic styles or genres as dark or gloomy).]

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Goth

(ɡɒθ)

1. (Historical Terms) 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. (Music, other) (sometimes not capital) an aficionado of Goth music and fashion

adj

(Music, other) (sometimes not capital)

a. (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

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

[C14: from Late Latin (plural) Gothī from Greek Gothoi]

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Goth

(gɒθ)

1. a member of a Germanic people settled N of the Black Sea in the 3rd century a.d., who, with the collapse of the Roman Empire, established kingdoms in Spain and Italy. Compare Ostrogoth, Visigoth.

2. a person of no refinement; barbarian.

[before 900; < Late Latin Gothī (pl.); replacing Old English Gota; c. Gothic Gut- (in Gut-thiuda Goth-people)]

Goth.

Gothic.

Translations

gootitgoottigoottimusiikki

Goth

[gɒθ] N (Hist) → godo/a m/f

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Goth

adj (Mus, Fashion) = goth

goth

(esp Brit)

(Mus) → Gruftimusik f

(= fashion) → Gruftistil m

adj (Mus, Fashion) → Grufti-; goth band → Gruftiband f

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