demotic

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: DemoticDemotic scriptRomaic

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script“Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek”Synonyms: DemoticDemotic script
  2. the modern Greek vernacularSynonyms: RomaicDemotic

Adjective (2)

  1. of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial useSynonyms: Demotic
  2. of or for the common people“demotic entertainments”“demotic speech”“a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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