gothica

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noun

Work which is gothic in style.

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Meanings

noungothica (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableWork which is gothic in style.

    A Case of Bottled Murder by Elaine Wagner (Doubleday, $ 4.95) is a case of gothica which I opened principally because the author is a local (St. Paul) librarian.

    1973, The Armchair Detective
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    The book's mysterious power is engendered by the illustrations of weed-choked gardens and abandoned, echoing halls, of mullioned windows and blowing curtains - a child's portion of gothica, easy on the frissons.

    1982, Book Review Digest

    Elizabeth Rose, of Leeds Festival of Gothica, said: "This is where the scene and genre as we know it was birthed. It was where the bats were really first released."

    2025 May 22, Alex Moss & Jack Conlon, “Hall of fame celebrates the who's who of goths”, in BBC News

Origin

From goth + -ica

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APA

gothica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gothica

MLA

“gothica.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gothica. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gothica,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gothica.

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