goth
Relating to goth music or peopleRelating to goth music or people.
» Tom's parents were goth in high school.
Meaning
1 sensesRelating to goth music or people.
With her black clothes and dyed hair, Melanie looked very goth compared to her classmates.
Examples
16 sentencesTom's parents were goth in high school.
Yanni has begun to transition into the goth lifestyle.
Martino was a goth.
Cathy is a fake goth.
I'd go to the goth club more often, but my outfits are depressingly cheerful, not cheerfully depressing.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From gothic rock, first used by John Stickney in reference to The Doors in 1967 and used bFrom gothic rock, first used by John Stickney in reference to The Doors in 1967 and used by the late 1970s to describe the musical scene that gave rise to the goth subculture, both from a supposed aesthetic similarity to dark and moody 19th century gothic fiction and earlier gothic art and architecture, from Late Latin gothicus (“Gothic, barbaric”), from Ancient Greek Γοτθικός (Gotthikós), from Ancient Greek Γότθοι (Gótthoi, “Goths”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), proposed to derive from unattested Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta).
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Forms
gother, gothestWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form