Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dialect of ancient Greek spoken in the Peloponnesus, Crete, certain of the Aegean Islands, Sicily, and southern Italy.
- adjective Of, relating to, characteristic of, or designating Doric.
- adjective In the style of or designating the Doric order.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to Doris or its inhabitants.
- Pertaining to the Dorian race; characteristic of or derived from the Dorians.
- noun The Doric dialect; the language of the Dorians, a dialect of the Greek or Hellenic, characterized by its broadness and hardness: hence applied to any dialect with similar characteristics, especially to the Scotch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The Doric dialect.
- adjective Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians.
- adjective (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 . - adjective (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun An ancient
Greek dialect spoken in ancient times. - proper noun A dialect of Lowland
Scots spoken in the northeast ofScotland .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or pertaining to the Doric style of architecture
- noun the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Doris
Etymologies
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Examples
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Of these the Doric is the simplest and the Corinthian the most elaborate.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 Various
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Tarquinii, the modern Corneto, where vases in the most archaic style, resembling those of Corinth, or those called Doric, have been found.
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To the forms of their columns are due the names of the three orders, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian, of which the Doric was the first to arise, and in early times.
The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio
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He was struck by what Plato would have called the Doric strain in the harmonies of outline and colour.
Roads from Rome 1901
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Nearly coeval with the Doric was the Ionic order, invented by the
The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. John Lord 1852
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Ironsand exists in consolidated layers at the cliff called Doric Rock.
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828
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But let me remark to you, that in the sentiment and style of our Scottish airs, there is a pastoral simplicity, a something that one may call the Doric style and dialect of vocal music, to which a dash of our native tongue and manners is particularly, nay peculiarly, apposite.
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But let me remark to you, that in the sentiment and style of our Scottish airs there is a pastoral simplicity, a something that one may call the Doric style and dialect of vocal music, to which a dash of our native tongue and manners is particularly, nay, peculiarly apposite.
The Letters of Robert Burns Robert Burns 1777
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The simplest form of Greek architecture, consisting of a straight column without any artistic trim at the top, was created by the Dorians and is known as the Doric order.
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He visualized all the common transportation systems uniquely, getting rid of the ornate gingerbread such as Doric or Corinthian columns and the smooth, rigid shapes added for strength like flying buttresses.
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