Goth

[goth] /gɒθ/
noun
1.
one of a Teutonic people who in the 3rd to 5th centuries invaded and settled in parts of the Roman Empire.
2.
a person of no refinement; barbarian.
Origin
before 900; Middle English Gothe < Late Latin Gothī (plural); replacing Old English Gotan (plural) (Gota, singular); cognate with Gothic Gut- (in Gut-thiuda Goth-people)

Goth.

1.
Gothic.
Also, Goth, goth.
British Dictionary definitions for Goth

Goth

/ɡɒθ/
noun
1.
a member of an East Germanic people from Scandinavia who settled south of the Baltic early in the first millennium ad. They moved on to the Ukrainian steppes and raided and later invaded many parts of the Roman Empire from the 3rd to the 5th century See also Ostrogoth, Visigoth
2.
a rude or barbaric person
3.
(sometimes not capital) an aficionado of Goth music and fashion
adjective
4.
(sometimes not capital) Also Gothic
  1. (of music) in a style of guitar-based rock with some similarities to heavy metal and punk and usually characterized by depressing or mournful lyrics
  2. (of fashion) characterized by black clothes and heavy make-up, often creating a ghostly appearance
Word Origin
C14: from Late Latin (plural) Gothī from Greek Gothoi
Contemporary definitions for Goth
noun

See goth rock

Word Origin and History for Goth
n.

Old English Gota (plural Gotan) "a Goth" (see Gothic). In 19c., in reference to living persons, it meant "a Gothicist" (1812), "an admirer of the Gothic style, especially in architecture." Modern use as an adjective in reference to a subculture style is from 1986, short for Gothic.

By 1982, when the legendary Batcave club opened in London, the music press had begun to use the term gothic rock to describe the music and fandom around which a new postpunk subculture was forming. [Lauren M.E. Goodlad & Michael Bibby, "Goth: Undead Subculture," 2007]

Related Abbreviations for Goth

Goth.

Gothic