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# doric

«doric» in Mova's school dictionary: **The oldest and plainest style of ancient Greek columns…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (Doric); noun (Doric, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/#m3)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/#x1)
- Doric columns have a plain, round top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/#x2)
- We drew Doric, Ionic and Corinthian columns in history. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/#x3)
- My granny in Aberdeen speaks Doric. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/#x5)
- The museum front has six Doric columns. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «doric» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doric/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.