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Goth.

A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ɡɒθ/British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard/ɡɑθ/Atlantic-Canada, US/ɡɒθ/Boston, Canada, Maine/ɡɔθ/Australia

  1. A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity.

    countable · uncountable

  2. An uncivilized person, a barbarian, a vandal.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable

  3. Alternative form of goth (“member of gothic subculture; or the subculture itself”).

    alt-of · alternative · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

name/ɡɒθ/British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard/ɡɑθ/Atlantic-Canada, US/ɡɒθ/Boston, Canada, Maine/ɡɔθ/Australia

  1. A surname

Where this word comes from

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

adj/ɡɒθ/British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard/ɡɑθ/Atlantic-Canada, US/ɡɒθ/Boston, Canada, Maine/ɡɔθ/Australia

  1. Alternative form of goth.

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

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

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