Ionic
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Pertaining to the Ionic order of architecture, one of the threeorders invented by the Greeks, and one of the five recognized by theItalian writers of the sixteenth century. Its distinguishing featureis a capital with spiral volutes. See Illust. of Capital. Ionicdialect (Gr. Gram.), a dialect of the Greek language, used in Ionia.The Homeric poems are written in what is designated old Ionic, asdistinguished from new Ionic, or Attic, the dialect of all cultivatedGreeks in the period of Athenian prosperity and glory.-- Ionic foot. (Pros.) See Ionic, n., 1.-- Ionic, or Ionian, mode (Mus.), an ancient mode, supposed tocorrespond with the modern major scale of C.-- Ionic sect, a sect of philosophers founded by Thales of Miletus,in Ionia. Their distinguishing tenet was, that water is the originalprinciple of all things.-- Ionic type, a kind of heavy-faced type (as that of the followingline).
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STUPID, [Litterally] stupid. He is so [retarded] that you want to [end it].
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Ionic helps enterprise teams build, secure, and deliver iOS and Android mobile apps in less time. A software product by Drifty
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