Goth Definition

gŏth
goths
noun
A form of music derived from punk rock and characterized by melodramatically morose or morbid lyrics.
Webster's New World
A member of a Germanic people that invaded and conquered most of the Roman Empire in the 3d, 4th, and 5th centuries a.d.
Webster's New World
An uncouth, uncivilized person; barbarian.
Webster's New World
A devotee of goth music or fashions.
Webster's New World
A style characterized by black clothing, heavy, dark makeup, and a preoccupation with the themes of goth music.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A member of the East Germanic tribe, who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries.

Wiktionary

(figuratively) Uncivilized person, barbarian, Vandal.

Wiktionary
adjective
Of or having to do with goth music, styles, or attitudes.
Webster's New World
abbreviation
Gothic.
Webster's New World

(linguistics) Gothic.

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Other Word Forms of Goth

Noun

Singular:
goth
Plural:
goths

Origin of Goth

  • From Middle English Gothes, Gotes (both plural). In turn partly from Old English Gotan, Goþan, singular Gota, Goþa, and partly from Late Latin Gothi. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gutô, perhaps from *geutaną (“to pour”), but more likely from *gudanaz. Compare Old Norse Goti (“Gotlander, Goth”), and related also to Gutnish, Gotland.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English Gothes Goths from Late Latin Gothī of Germanic origin Old English Gota Old Norse Goti Goth

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Goth (person of a Germanic culture), influenced by Gothic in the sense of a black horror novel.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Gothic (from a view of Gothic styles or genres as dark or gloomy)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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