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proto-Ionic

American

[proh-toh-ahy-on-ik] / ˌproʊ toʊ aɪˈɒn ɪk /

adjective

of or relating to architecture supposedly anticipating the Grecian Ionic order.

Etymology

Origin of proto-Ionic

First recorded in 1885–90

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