Definitions for: Demotic

[n] the modern Greek vernacular
[adj] of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments"; "demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms"
[adj] of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Demotic alphabet or 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.

Synonyms: common, Romaic

See Also: Modern Greek

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