adj. & n.
--adj.
1. (of a dialect) broad, rustic.
2 Archit. of the oldest, sturdiest, and simplest of the Greek orders.
--n.
1. rustic English or esp. Scots.
2 Archit. the Doric order.
3 the dialect of the Dorians in ancient Greece.
Etymology: L Doricus f. Gk Dorikos (as DORIAN)