Associations to the word «Ostrogoth»

Wiktionary

OSTROGOTH, noun. Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Visigoths being the other), which invaded Italy in the sixth century

Dictionary definition

OSTROGOTH, noun. A member of the eastern group of Goths who created a kingdom in northern Italy around 500 AD.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats