Doric
[ dawr-ik, dor- ]
/ ˈdɔr ɪk, ˈdɒr- /
adjective
of or relating to Doris, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
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
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.
rustic English speech.
Origin of Doric
1555–65; < Latin
Dōricus < Greek
Dōrikós Dorian
OTHER WORDS FROM Doric
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British Dictionary definitions for doric
Doric
/ (ˈdɒrɪk) /
adjective
of or relating to the Dorians, esp the Spartans, or their dialect of Ancient Greek
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 (def. 4), Corinthian, Tuscan
(sometimes not capital)
rustic
noun
one of four chief dialects of Ancient Greek, spoken chiefly in the Peloponnese
Compare Aeolic, Arcadic, Ionic See also Attic (def. 3)
any rural dialect, esp that spoken in the northeast of Scotland
Cultural definitions for doric
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.