de·mot·ic /dɪˈmɑtɪk/
(a.)人民的,民眾的,通俗文體的
De·mot·ic a. Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common.
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.
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Demotic
adj 1: of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek
based on colloquial use
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]