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Ionic

adjective
 
 
/aɪˈɒn.ɪk/ US  /-ˈɑː.nɪk/

Definition

of or copying a style of ancient Greek building that has only a small amount of decoration: an Ionic column → Compare Corinthian, DoricArches, columns and beams
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