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demotic
[ dih-mot-ik ]
adjective
- of or relating to the ordinary, everyday, current form of a language; vernacular:
a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms.
- of or relating to the common people; popular.
- of, relating to, or noting the simplified form of hieratic writing used in ancient Egypt between 700 b.c. and a.d. 500.
noun
- demotic script.
- (initial capital letter) Also called Romaic. the Modern Greek vernacular ( Katharevusa ).
Demotic
1/ dɪˈmɒtɪk /
adjective
- denoting or relating to this
demotic
2/ dɪˈmɒtɪk /
adjective
- of or relating to the common people; popular
- of or relating to a simplified form of hieroglyphics used in ancient Egypt by the ordinary literate class outside the priesthood Compare hieratic
noun
- the demotic script of ancient Egypt
Derived Forms
- deˈmotist, noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of demotic1
Example Sentences
Anything but demotic is Amar Bhide's A Call For Judgment, subtitled "Sensible Finance For A Dynamic Economy."
The demotic self-deprecation barely masks a vast ambition, which is a kind of deception in itself, or an artifice.
An impatient lower court forced her to change it to the demotic “Gregorio,” noting that Venerdi was “a ridiculous name.”
In the more cursive or Hieratic writing the horned serpent appears as ; in the later Demotic as and .
They bore numerous inscriptions in hieroglyphics and the demotic character, wherefrom the clue was obtained as to their identity.
Of these demotic fragments a large quantity had been sent to the British Museum.
On another very marvellous narrative on a papyrus in the demotic character, see Brugsch, loc.
To the Greek characters were added six taken from the Demotic in order to express sounds peculiar to the Egyptian language.
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