Dorian
pronunciation
How to pronounce Dorian in British English:
UK [ˈdɔriən]
How to pronounce Dorian in American English:
US [ˈdɔriən, ˈdor-]
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- Noun:
- a member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
Word Origin
- Dorian (adj.)
- c. 1600, in reference to the mode of ancient Greek music, literally "of Doris," from Greek Doris, district in central Greece, traditionally named for Doros, legendary ancestor of the Dorians, whose name is probably related to doron "gift" (see date (n.1)).
Example
- 1. Medicine prolongs life and slows aging , but personal satisfaction is as elusive a commodity as it was for dorian gray .
- 2. Asked dorian quietly , his face white with fear .
- 3. Last spring , I spent a few hours looking at the autograph manuscript of " dorian gray , " at the morgan library .
- 4. Dorian is missing in action .
- 5. Lord henry espouses a peculiarly contemporary kind of moderation , indulging his brain but not his body , employing dorian as a proxy hedonist .