Goth
A surname
Adjective
- Alternative form of goth.
- Kayla's look tended to change with the seasons; at the moment it was less Goth than paramilitary, with laced jump boots. - 2003, Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill, James P. Baen, Mad Maudlin:
Origin
From Middle English Gothes, Gotes (both plural). In turn partly from Old English Gotan, singular Gota, and partly from Late Latin Gothi. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gutô, perhaps from *geutaną (“to pour”). Compare Old Norse Goti (“Gotlander, Goth”), and related also to Gutnish, Gotland.
Forms
Proper noun
- A surname
Forms
Noun
- A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity.
- An uncivilized person, a barbarian, a vandal.
- Alternative form of goth (“member of gothic subculture; or the subculture itself”).
- For most Mansonites, Goth is only a phase, and their fashion and outlook on life change alongside Marilyn Manson's. - 2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture: