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demotic.

Of or for the common people.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/dɪˈmɒt.ɪk/UK/dɪˈmɑ.tɪk/US
  1. Of or for the common people.

    not-comparable
    demotic writing style
  2. Of, relating to, or written in the ancient Egyptian script that developed from Lower Egyptian hieratic writing starting from around 650 BCE and was chiefly used to write the Demotic phase of the Egyptian language, with simplified and cursive characters that no longer corresponded directly to their hieroglyphic precursors.

    not-comparable
  3. Of, relating to, or written in the form of modern vernacular Greek.

    not-comparable
    demotic Greek
Where this word comes from

First attested in 1822, from Ancient Greek δημοτικός (dēmotikós, “common”), from δημότης (dēmótēs, “commoner”), from δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people”).

noun/dɪˈmɒt.ɪk/UK/dɪˈmɑ.tɪk/US
  1. Language as spoken or written by the common people.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

First attested in 1822, from Ancient Greek δημοτικός (dēmotikós, “common”), from δημότης (dēmótēs, “commoner”), from δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people”).

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