Crossword-Solution: DORIC
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Doric | a. | Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect. |
| Doric | a. | 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. |
| Doric | a. | 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 | n. | The Doric dialect. |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with DORIC (5)
Anon out of the earth a Fabrick huge Rose like an Exhalation, with the sound Of Dulcet Symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a Temple, where _Pilasters_ round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With Golden Architrave; nor did there want Cornice or Freeze, with bossy Sculptures grav’n, The Roof was fretted Gold.
Sauntering about Paris, he comes upon the Doric little Morgue, the dead-house, where they show their drowned.
His opinions, thus given in Doric, and conceived in a lively, rugged, conversational style, were full of point and authority.
Thus sang the uncouth swain to the oaks and rills, While the still morn went out with sandals grey: He touched the tender stops of various quills, With eager thought warbling his Doric lay: And now the sun had stretched out all the hills, And now was dropt into the western bay.
Magnard's paper in the Proceedings of the American Oriental Society, October, 1889, entitled Reminiscences of Egypt in Doric Architecture.
Quotes with DORIC (2)
I’m relieved to seethat even brilliant physicists make mistakes.” Kohler looked over. “What do you mean?”“Whoever wrote that note made a mistake. That column isn’t Ionic. Ionic columns are uniform in width. That one’s tapered. It’s Doric — the Greek counterpart. A common mistake.” Kohler did not smile. “The author meant it as a joke, Mr. Langdon. Ionic means containing ions — electrically charged particles. Most objects contain them.
We reach a secondary road and - here comes the bonus - we pass the Temple of Neptune and Cerene, at Paestum, both looking beautiful in the sunlight. Strung from the Doric columns are lines of soldiers' washing. At last they had been put to practical use. If only the ancient Greeks had known.
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Used 154 times in crossword archives (1942–2025).