relating to or denoting one of the three Greek orders of architecture, characterized esp by fluted columns and a scroll-shaped capital3 (upper part of a column): compare Corinthian2, Doric1
belonging to the ancient Greek region of Ionia, or the dialect of ancient Greek used there
belonging to the modern Ionian islands
[early French ionique via Latin from Greek iōnikos, from Iōnia Ionia, an ancient region on the Aegean coast colonized by the Greeks c.1000 bc]