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Goth

[goth]
–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:
bef. 900; ME Gothe < LL Gothī (pl.); r. OE Gotan (pl.) (Gota, sing.); c. Goth Gut- (in Gut-thiuda Goth-people)

Goth.

Gothic.
Also, Goth, goth.
goth   (gŏth)   
n.  
  1. A style of rock music, noted especially for somber or ethereal tones and lugubrious lyrics.
  2. A performer or follower of this style of music.

[From Gothic (from a view of Gothic styles or genres as dark or gloomy).]
Goth   (gŏth)   
n.  A member of a Germanic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the early centuries of the Christian era.

[From Middle English Gothes, Goths, from Late Latin Gothī, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English Gota and Old Norse Goti, Goth.]
Main Entry:  goth
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See goth rock

Goth

Goth\, n. [L. Gothi, pl.; cf. Gr. ?]

1. (Ethnol.) One of an ancient Teutonic race, who dwelt between the Elbe and the Vistula in the early part of the Christian era, and who overran and took an important part in subverting the Roman empire.

Note: Under the reign of Valens, they took possession of Dacia (the modern Transylvania and the adjoining regions), and came to be known as Ostrogoths and Visigoths, or East and West Goths; the former inhabiting countries on the Black Sea up to the Danube, and the latter on this river generally. Some of them took possession of the province of Moesia, and hence were called Moesogoths. Others, who made their way to Scandinavia, at a time unknown to history, are sometimes styled Suiogoths.

2. One who is rude or uncivilized; a barbarian; a rude, ignorant person. --Chesterfield.

goth 
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