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gothic
adjective
Characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
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ˈɡɒ.θɪk
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adjective
Characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
“Gothic novels like ‘Frankenstein’”
adjective
As if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened
“A medieval attitude toward dating”
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Gothic novels like ‘Frankenstein’
A medieval attitude toward dating
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