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DORIC
DORIC. In 1721, the Scottish poet Allan Ramsay compared his use of SCOTTICISMS with the Doric dialect of the Sicilian Greek pastoral poet Theocritus (3–2c BC). In the 19c, British writers began applying the term (referring to the supposedly rustic and uncultivated dialect of the Dorians of the Peloponnese) to ‘broad’ rural dialects in England and especially the Scottish Lowlands. In recent times, the people of northeastern Scotland have adopted the term for their own dialect. Elsewhere in Scotland, the term is used for any form of vernacular SCOTS. Generally it is favourable, the Doric being seen as rich, expressive, and rooted in tradition, whereas the gutter Scots of the cities is widely taken to have degenerated from ‘the genuine Doric’. See GUTTER SCOTS, SCOTTICISM.
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TOM McARTHUR. "DORIC." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. TOM McARTHUR. "DORIC." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-DORIC.html TOM McARTHUR. "DORIC." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-DORIC.html |
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Dor·ic / ˈdôrik; ˈdär-/ • adj. 1. relating to or denoting a classical order of architecture characterized by a plain, sturdy column and a thick square abacus resting on a rounded molding. 2. relating to or denoting the ancient Greek dialect of the Dorians. ∎ archaic (of a dialect) broad; rustic. • n. 1. the Doric order of architecture. 2. the ancient Greek dialect of the Dorians. ∎ a broad or rustic dialect, esp. the dialect spoken in northeastern Scotland. |
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"Doric." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Doric." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-doric.html "Doric." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-doric.html |
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Doric, an adjective from Doris, a small district south of Thessaly from which the Dorians were conventionally supposed to have emigrated to the Peloponnese about the 12th cent. bc. The Dorian dialect was dominant in southern and western Greece in historical times. Since the Dorians were regarded as uncivilized by the Athenians, ‘Doric’ came to mean ‘rustic’ in English and was applied particularly to the language of Northumbria and the Lowlands of Scotland, and also to the simplest of the three orders in architecture.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Doric." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Doric." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Doric.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Doric." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Doric.html |
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Doric2 relating to or denoting a classical order of architecture characterized by a plain, sturdy column and a thick square abacus resting on a rounded moulding.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Doric." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Doric." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Doric1.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Doric." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Doric1.html |
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Doric1 the ancient Greek dialect of the Dorians, and in extended usage, any broad or rustic dialect, especially that spoken in the north-east of Scotland.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Doric." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Doric." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Doric.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Doric." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Doric.html |
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Doric
•Amharic, barbaric, Garrick, Pindaric, samsaric
•fabric • cambric • Aelfric • chivalric
•geriatric, paediatric (US pediatric), Patrick, psychiatric, theatric
•tantric
•epigastric, gastric
•alphanumeric, atmospheric, chimeric, cleric, climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, esoteric, exoteric, ferric, generic, hemispheric, Herrick, Homeric, hysteric, mesmeric, numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric
•red-brick • Cedric
•calendric, Kendrick
•anthropometric, asymmetric, diametric, geometric, isometric, kilometric, metric, obstetric, psychometric, pyrometric, sociometric
•electric, hydroelectric, photoelectric
•androcentric, centric, concentric, eccentric, egocentric, ethnocentric, Eurocentric, geocentric, phallocentric, theocentric
•airbrick • hayrick • Friedrich
•Dietrich
•empiric, lyric, panegyric, Pyrrhic, satiric, satyric, vampiric
•pinprick • citric • oneiric • hydric
•nitric
•aleatoric, allegoric, anaphoric, camphoric, categoric, choric, Doric, euphoric, historic, metaphoric, meteoric, phantasmagoric, phosphoric, pyrophoric, semaphoric, sophomoric, theophoric, Warwick, Yorick
•con trick
•auric, boric, folkloric
•Kubrick, rubric
•Ugric • Cymric • xeric • firebrick
•Rurik, sulphuric (US sulfuric), telluric, Zürich
•Frederick • Roderick • undertrick
•agaric • Alaric • choleric • limerick
•turmeric
•archbishopric, bishopric
•rhetoric • maverick • overtrick
•Masaryk
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"Doric." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Doric." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Doric.html "Doric." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Doric.html |
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