Gothicness

/ˈɡɒθɪknəs/ noun

Definition

The quality or condition of being Gothic in appearance, style, or character.

Etymology

From Gothic + -ness (suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives). A straightforward nominalization created to discuss the abstract properties associated with Gothic style.

Kelly Says

While gothicity sounds more technical and scholarly, gothicness is the everyday word—you'd say 'I love the gothicness of that old church' with friends, but a historian might use gothicity in an academic paper.

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