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early
Adjective
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If something is early, it happens in the first part of a time period.
He didn't like going to the early classes.
early
Adverb
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During the first part of a time period.
She got up early in the morning.
gothic
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adjective
characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
gothic novels like 'Frankenstein'
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adjective
(= medieval, mediaeval)
as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened
a medieval attitude toward dating
Gothic
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adjective
of or relating to the Goths
Gothic migrations
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adjective
of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths
the Gothic Bible translation
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adjective
characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
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noun
extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas
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noun
a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
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noun
a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches