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Letter G - page 10



Goter \Go"ter\, n. A gutter. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] more...
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. [1913 Webster] Note: Under the reign of Valens, they took possession of Dacia (the modern Transylvania and the adjoining more...
Gothamist \Go"tham*ist\, n. A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders. --Bp. Morton. [1913 Webster] more...
Gothamite \Go"tham*ite\, n. 1. A gothamist. [1913 Webster] 2. An inhabitant of New York city. [Jocular] --Irving. [1913 Webster] more...
Gothicism \Goth"i*cism\, n. 1. A Gothic idiom. [1913 Webster] 2. Conformity to the Gothic style of architecture. [1913 Webster] 3. Rudeness of manners; barbarousness. [1913 Webster] more...
Gothicize \Goth"i*cize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gothicized; p. pr. & vb. n. Gothicizing.] To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism. gothiteSee also: Gothicized Gothicizing more...