demotic
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ɪk adjective
1.
2.
of or pertaining to the common people; popular.
3.
of, pertaining to, or noting the simplified form of hieratic writing used in ancient Egypt between 700 b.c. and a.d. 500.
noun
4.
demotic script.
5.
( initial capital letter ) . Also called Romaic. the Modern Greek vernacular ( distinguished from Katharevusa ).
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demotic (dɪˈmɒtɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to the common people; popular |
| 2. | Compare hieratic of or relating to a simplified form of hieroglyphics used in ancient Egypt by the ordinary literate class outside the priesthood |
| —n | |
| 3. | the demotic script of ancient Egypt |
| [C19: from Greek dēmotikos of the people, from dēmotēs a man of the people, commoner; see | |
| de'motist | |
| —n | |
| Demotic (dɪˈmɒtɪk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Compare Katharevusa the spoken form of Modern Greek, now increasingly used in literature |
| —adj | |
| 2. | denoting or relating to this |
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Word Origin & History
demotic
1822, from Gk. demotikos "of or for the common people," from demos "common people," originally "district," from PIE *da-mo- "division," from base *da- "to divide" (see tide). In contrast to hieratic. Originally of the simpler of two forms of ancient
Egyptian writing; broader sense is from 1831; used of Greek since 1927.
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Example sentences
Few writers have made such profound art out of their annoyance with the demotic.
In demotic, the cartouche was reduced to a pair of parentheses and a vertical line.
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