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Gothish en · ADJ

Etymology

From Goth + -ish.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Gothic
   • Let the Italians deride our English and condemn them for Gothish buildings. 1662, Thomas Fuller, History of the Worthies of England:
   • 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. 1849, Robert Fleming, The Rise and Fall of the Papacy: Delivered in London, A.D. 1701:
   • 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 […]

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Deriveds

Gothishness