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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script;
- Example: "Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek"
[syn: Demotic, Demotic script]

2. the modern Greek vernacular;
[syn: Romaic, Demotic]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use;

2. of or for the common people;
- Example: "demotic entertainments"
- Example: "demotic speech"
- Example: "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Demotic \De*mot"ic\, a. [Gr. dhmotiko`s, fr. dh^mos the people:
   cf. F. d['e]motique.]
   Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common.
   [1913 Webster]

   Demotic alphabet or Demotic character, a form of writing
      used in Egypt after six or seven centuries before Christ,
      for books, deeds, and other such writings; a simplified
      form of the hieratic character; -- called also
      epistolographic character, and enchorial character.
      See Enchorial.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Demotic
    adj 1: of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek
           based on colloquial use
    2: of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments";
       "demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic
       rhythms"
    n 1: a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script;
         "Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek" [syn:
         Demotic, Demotic script]
    2: the modern Greek vernacular [syn: Romaic, Demotic]