dorisch

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdoːʁɪʃ/
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Adjective

dorisch (strong nominative masculine singular dorischer, not comparable)

  1. Dorian
    • 1907, Erich Bethe, Die Dorische Knabenliebe [Dorian Boy-Love]:
  2. (architecture) Doric
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 73:
      Die Hauptfassade war mit einem griechischen Giebel und dorischen Säulen geschmückt worden, […]
      The main facade had been decorated with a Greek gable and Doric columns,

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