Demotic

noun

/dɪ.ˈmɒ.tɪk/

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounLanguage as spoken or written by the common people.

2.adjectiveOf or for the common people.

"demotic writing style"

3.adjectiveOf, relating to, or written in the vulgar form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing, with simplified, cursive hieroglyphs.

4.adjectiveOf, relating to, or written in the form of modern vernacular Greek.

"demotic Greek"

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