1 : characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'"
2 : as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating"
nom
1 : a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches
adjectif
1 : characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German