See Also: doric(medicine)
Doric(dictionary)
Doric(dictionary)

Doric (iou)



Doric adjective & noun. In Architecture orig. Dorica. M16.
[Latin Doricus from Greek Dorikos, from Dorios: see DORIAN, -IC.]
A. adjective.
Of or pertaining to Doris or the Dorians. M16.
b. Of a dialect: broad; rustic. E17.
Architecture. Designating the simplest and sturdiest of the three Greek orders, and its Roman adaptation, characterized by a capital consisting of a thick square abacus resting on an echinus and (in the case of Greek Doric) no base to the column. M16.
b. noun.
Architecture. The Doric order. E17.
A broad or rustic dialect; spec. (a) the Doric dialect of ancient Greek; (b) a Scottish or northern form of English. M17.
C. Gibbon The good doctor dropped into the broadest Doric.
Typography. (The name of) a kind of sanserif type. M19.