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Doric

[ dawr-ik, dor- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Doris, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
  2. rustic, as a dialect.
  3. Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders, developed in Greece and altered by the Romans. The Greek Doric order consists typically of a channeled column without a base, having as a capital a circular echinus supporting a square abacus, above which come a plain architrave, a frieze of triglyphs and metopes, and a cornice, the corona of which has mutules on its soffit. In the Roman Doric order, the columns usually have bases, the channeling is sometimes altered or omitted, and the capital usually consists of three parts: a thick, bandlike necking, an echinus with an ovolo outline, and a molded abacus. Compare composite ( def 2 ), Corinthian ( def 2 ), Ionic ( def 1 ), Tuscan ( def 2 ).


noun

  1. a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
  2. rustic English speech.

Doric

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adjective

  1. of or relating to the Dorians, esp the Spartans, or their dialect of Ancient Greek
  2. of, denoting, or relating to one of the five classical orders of architecture: characterized by a column having no base, a heavy fluted shaft, and a capital consisting of an ovolo moulding beneath a square abacus See also Ionic composite Corinthian Tuscan
  3. sometimes not capital rustic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. one of four chief dialects of Ancient Greek, spoken chiefly in the Peloponnese Compare Aeolic Arcadic Ionic See also Attic
  2. any rural dialect, esp that spoken in the northeast of Scotland
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Doric

  1. One of the three main styles of Greek architecture (the others are Corinthian and Ionic ). The Doric column is heavy and fluted; its capital is plain.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Doric1

1555–65; < Latin ¶ÙÅ°ù¾±³¦³Ü²õ < Greek ¶ÙÅ°ù¾±°ìó²õ Dorian
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The models weaved their way through the 86 Doric columns that hold up a vaulted square in the center of the park that overlooks Barcelona and the Mediterranean Sea in the distance.

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The shape of an upright vehicle axle, nearly 6 feet tall, doubles as a Greco-Roman Doric column, which anchors the composition.

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The play is in English but a few of the characters speak with a north-east dialect, and some, including Mina, have dialogue in Doric.

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He wrote books on Scottish dance music and Scottish country dancing, and a newspaper column in Doric.

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It’s a big owl-bear hybrid that the druid, Doric, transforms into a couple of times in the film.

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