Visigoth

[ viz-i-goth ]

/ ˈvɪz ɪˌgɒθ /

noun

a member of the westerly division of the Goths, which formed a monarchy about a.d. 418, maintaining it in southern France until 507 and in Spain until 711.

Compare Ostrogoth.

Origin of Visigoth

1605–15; < Late Latin Visigothī (plural) < Germanic, equivalent to *wisi- (cognate with west) + goth- goth

OTHER WORDS FROM Visigoth

Vis·i·goth·ic, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for visigoth

They might have run in an extra verse specifying sudden collapse—like the Visigoth's.

Soldiers Three |Rudyard Kipling
The Visigoth monarchy, although in many cases hereditary, was in fact elective.

A Short History of Spain |Mary Platt Parmele
The word may have some connexion with a corruption of Visigoth, a suggestion to which the use in the Girard romance lends colour.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 |Various
Until then it was scarcely suspected that the Visigoth kings knew what gold-work meant.

Old and New Paris, v. 2 |Henry Sutherland Edwards

The Visigoth and Ostrogoth with their great natural gifts could not found a kingdom.

The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI |Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies

British Dictionary definitions for visigoth

Visigoth

/ (ˈvɪzɪˌɡɒθ) /

noun

a member of the western group of the Goths, who were driven into the Balkans in the late 4th century ad . Moving on, they sacked Rome (410) and established a kingdom in present-day Spain and S France that lasted until 711

Derived forms of Visigoth

Visigothic, adjective

Word Origin for Visigoth

C17: from Late Latin Visigothī (pl), of Germanic origin, visi- perhaps meaning: west

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