Gothish

English

Etymology

Goth +‎ -ish

Adjective

Gothish (comparative more Gothish, superlative most Gothish)

  1. (obsolete) Gothic
    • 1662, Thomas Fuller, History of the Worthies of England:
      Let the Italians deride our English and condemn them for Gothish buildings.
    • 1724, Louis Ellies Du Pin, Vertot (abbé de), Jean de Vayrac, The History of the Revolutions in Spain
      […] rejoins the Moors with a Number of Gothish Officers […]
    • 1849, Robert Fleming, The Rise and Fall of the Papacy: Delivered in London, A.D. 1701:
      We may conclude that the last head of the Beast, which is the Papal, did arise either immediately upon the extirpation of the Gothish kingdom, or some time after.

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