n. [ Gr. 'egw` I + qeo`s God. ] The deification of self. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

or /mhw>, n. [ After the poet Göthe. ] (Min.) A hydrous oxide of iron (HFeO2), occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color varies from yellowish to blackish brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Calvary. See the Note under Calvary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Gothi, pl.; cf. Gr. &unr_; ] 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 ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who is rude or uncivilized; a barbarian; a rude, ignorant person. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders. Bp. Morton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A gothamist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inhabitant of New York city. [ Jocular ] Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Gothicus: cf. F. gothique. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions -- prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust. of Abacus, and Capital. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Bishop Ulfilas or Walfila translated most of the Bible into Gothic about the Middle of the 4th century. The portion of this translaton which is preserved is the oldest known literary document in any Teutonic language. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This is Nonpareil GOTHIC. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) The style described in Gothic, a., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A Gothic idiom. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conformity to the Gothic style of architecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Rudeness of manners; barbarousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gothicized p. pr. & vb. n. Gothicizing ] To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.

prop. n. A mammal genus comprising the woolly monkeys.
Syn. -- genus Lagothrix. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ LL. logotheta, fr. Gr. &unr_;; lo`gos word, account + &unr_; to put. ] An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue; an administrator of a department. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to the Moesogoths, a branch of the Goths who settled in Moesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The language of the Moesogoths; -- also called Gothic. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ L. Ostrogothi, pl. See East, and Goth. ] One of the Eastern Goths. See Goth. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to the Ostrogoths. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pan- + Gothic. ] Of, pertaining to, or including, all the Gothic races. “Ancestral Pangothic stock.” Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ L. Suiones (a Teutonic tribe in what is now Sweeden) + E. Goth. ] The Scandinavian Goths. See the Note under Goths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Visegothae, pl. Cf. West, and Goth. ] One of the West Goths. See the Note under Goth. -- Vis`i*goth"ic a. [1913 Webster]