Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Demotic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
{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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Demotic
adj 1: of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek
based on colloquial use [syn: {Demotic}]
2: of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments";
"demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic
rhythms"
n : the modern Greek vernacular [syn: {Romaic}, {Demotic}]
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