VISIGOTH Definition & Meaning

Visigoth

[ viz-i-goth ]

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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.

Visigoth

/ ˈ��ɪ��ɪˌɡɒθ /

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

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Derived Forms

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Visigoth¹

1605–15; < Late Latin �վ��ǳٳ�ī (plural) < Germanic, equivalent to unattested wisi- (cognate with west ) + goth- Goth ¹( def )

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Visigoth¹

C17: from Late Latin �վ��ǳٳ�ī (pl), of Germanic origin, visi- perhaps meaning: west

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In 1929, it rampaged through Florida’s ag business like Visigoths sacking Rome.

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Students and administrators alike hate him, and the feeling is mutual; terms Hunham describes his overprivileged charges with range from “genuine troglodytes” to “snarling Visigoths.”

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And a good thing too, since in Paul’s own estimation, Barton boys are, with rare exception, a hopeless bunch of “philistines,” “reprobates,” “troglodytes,” “degenerates,” “hormonal vulgarians,” “fetid layabouts” and “snarling Visigoths.”

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The Vandals and Visigoths must have felt that way; Donatello and Brunelleschi no less.

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Rome has been invaded by Gauls, Visigoths and vandals over the centuries, but the Eternal City is now grappling with a rampaging force of wild boars.

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