Demotic definition

Demotic

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WordNet

(1) Of or for the common people

"Demotic entertainments"

"Demotic speech"

"A poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms"

(2) Of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use

(3) The modern Greek vernacular

(4) A simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script

"Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek"

WiktionaryText

First attested in 1822, from Greek , from Greek .

Of or for the common people.
Of, relating to, or written in the vulgar form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.

demotic script is a simplified, cursive form of hieroglyphs used in ancient egypt.
Of, relating to, or written in the form of modern vernacular Greek.

demotic Greek