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Dor⋅ic

[dawr-ik, dor-]

–adjective

1.	of or pertaining to Doris, its inhabitants, or their dialect.

2.	rustic, as a dialect.

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

4.	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.

5.	rustic English speech.

Origin:
1555–65; < L Dōricus < Gk Dōrikós Dorian

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Dor·ic (dôr'ĭk, dŏr'-)

n. A dialect of ancient Greek spoken in the Peloponnesus, Crete, certain of the Aegean Islands, Sicily, and southern Italy.
adj.

Of, relating to, characteristic of, or designating Doric.
In the style of or designating the Doric order.

[Latin Dōricus, from Greek Dōrikos, from Dōris, Doris.]

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Doric

Dor"ic\, a. [L. Doricus, Gr. ?, fr. ? the Dorians.]

1. Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect.

2. (Arch.) Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order.

Note: This order is distinguished, according to the treatment of details, as Grecian Doric, or Roman Doric.

3. (Mus.) Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war.

Doric

Dor"ic\, n. The Doric dialect.

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Doric

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.

Doric

1569, see Dorian; in reference to the architectural order, 1614. The Doric dialect in ancient Gk. theater was broad and rustic, hence it has been applied in Eng. to northern and Scots dialects (1837).

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