'Demotic' definitions:
Definition of 'Demotic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use
adjective
Of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments"; "demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms"
noun
A simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script; "Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek" [syn: Demotic, Demotic script]
noun
The modern Greek vernacular [syn: Romaic, Demotic]
Definition of 'Demotic'
From: 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]