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demotic

Syllabification: (de·mot·ic)

Pronunciation: /diˈmätik/

Definition of demotic

adjective

denoting or relating to the kind of language used by ordinary people; popular or colloquial:a demotic idiom
relating to or denoting the form of modern Greek used in everyday speech and writing. Compare with katharevousa.
relating to or denoting a simplified, cursive form of ancient Egyptian script, dating from circa 650 bc and replaced by Greek in the Ptolemaic period. Compare with hieratic.

noun

ordinary colloquial speech.
demotic Greek.
demotic Egyptian script.

Origin:

early 19th century (in the sense 'relating to the Egyptian demotic'): from Greek dēmotikos 'popular', from dēmotēs 'one of the people', from dēmos 'the people'

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