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1. (adj.) demotic
of or pertaining to the current, ordinary, everyday form of a language; vernacular.
2. demotic
of or pertaining to the common people; popular.
3. demotic
of or pertaining to the simplified form of hieratic writing used in ancient Egypt between 700 b .c . and a .d . 500.
4. (n.) demotic
demotic script.
5. demotic
(often cap.) the Modern Greek vernacular
Etymology: (1815–25; < Gk dēmotikós popular, plebeian =dēmót(ēs) a plebeian (der. of dêmos; see demo -) +-ikos -ic)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Demotic, Demotic script
a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script
"Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek"
2. (adj) Romaic, Demotic
the modern Greek vernacular
3. (adj) Demotic
of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use
4. (adj) demotic
of or for the common people
"demotic entertainments"; "demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) demotic
of or pertaining to the people; popular; common
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