Part 4910

<h1>Gothamist</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Go"tham*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders.</def>

<i>Bp. Morton.</i>

<h1>Gothamite</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Go"tham*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A gothamist.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An inhabitant of New York city.</def> <mark>[Jocular]</mark>

<i>Irving.</i>

<h1>Gothic</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Goth"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Gothicus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>gothique</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to the Goths; <as>as, <ex>Gothic</ex> customs</as>; also, rude; barbarous.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions -- prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 <er>a</er>. <er>d</er>. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Abacus</er>, and <er>Capital</er>.</def>

<h1>Gothic</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Goth"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See <er>Goth</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; Bishop Ulfilas or Walfila translated most of the Bible into Gothic about the Middle of the 4th century. The portion of this translaton which is preserved is the oldest known literary document in any Teutonic language.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines.</def>

<note>&hand; <gothictype>This is Nonpareil GOTHIC.</gothictype> </note>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The style described in <er>Gothic</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, 2.</def>

<h1>Gothicism</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Goth"i*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A Gothic idiom.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Conformity to the Gothic style of architecture.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Rudeness of manners; barbarousness.</def>

<h1>Gothicize</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Goth"i*cize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gothicized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gothicizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.</def>

<mhw><h1>G\'94thite, <it>or</it> Goethite</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>G\'94"thite</hw>, <it>or</it> <hw>Goe"thite</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[After the poet <ets>G\'94the</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hydrous oxide of iron, occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color varies from yellowish to blackish brown.</def>

<h1>Gotten</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Got"ten</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Get</er>.</def>

<h1>Gouache</h1> <Xpage=640>