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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.
Also called Romaic. (initial capital letter), the Modern Greek vernacular (Katharevusa ).
demotic
1/ 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
Demotic
2/ dɪˈmɒtɪk /
noun
the spoken form of Modern Greek, now increasingly used in literature Compare Katharevusa
adjective
denoting or relating to this
Other Word Forms
- demotist noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of demotic1
Example Sentences
A slab from the Roman era was also found with hieroglyphic and demotic inscriptions, which may give more clues once restored.
She held grudges, and wrote about them using language more demotic than regal: “You’re an idiot and I hate your guts,” she sang on her song “Idiot,” from 2005.
A series of interconnected short narratives about a group of friends, “Trainspotting” is inventive, scurrilous, gloriously demotic and entirely itself.
He would waffle in demotic English and then answer a charge with a quotation from Seneca.
Today’s readers, used to the twittering demotic of our age, may need to adjust to this titanic prose-poem’s leisurely, mandarin style.
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