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# doric

adjective (Doric); noun (Doric, uncountable)

«doric» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (architecture) The oldest and plainest style of ancient Greek columns, thick and strong with a simple round top, as on the Parthenon in Athens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/#m1)
2. (Scotland) Doric is the name of the Scots dialect spoken in the north-east of Scotland, around Aberdeen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/#m2)
3. (history) To do with the Dorians, one of the ancient Greek peoples, and their dialect of Greek. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history and art lessons on Ancient Greece, pupils learn the three column styles: Doric (plain), Ionic (with scrolls) and Corinthian (with leaves). In Scotland, children may hear Doric words like «loon» (boy) and «quine» (girl). Usually written with a capital D.

### Examples

- The Parthenon has Doric columns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/#x1)
- Doric columns have a plain, round top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/#x2)
- We drew Doric, Ionic and Corinthian columns in history. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/#x3)
- My granny in Aberdeen speaks Doric. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/#x4)
- In Doric, a boy is a «loon» and a girl is a «quine». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/#x5)
- The museum front has six Doric columns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/#x6)
- Thus the Doric style of architecture was sacred to Zeus, Ares, and Heracles; the Ionic to Apollo, Artemis, and Dionysus; and the Corinthian to Hestia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/#x7)

### Note

Usually a capital D. Order of fanciness: Doric (plainest), Ionic, Corinthian (most decorated). The Scottish Doric is a dialect of Scots, not of standard English.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «doric» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«doric» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doric.html) on Mova free.