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Demotic has 7 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script

"Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek"

2

the modern Greek vernacular

3

Language as spoken or written by the common people.

Adjective
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"

3

Of or for the common people.

Proper Noun
1

demotic Egyptian script, used from c. 650BCE to 452CE.

Example Sentences
"Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek" noun
"demotic entertainments" adjective
"demotic speech" adjective
"a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms" adjective
See Also
hieratic demotic greek demotist hieroglyph modern greek vernacular language script
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
hieratic Modern Greek
Rhyming Words
tic otic etic ictic mutic lotic attic ontic istic vatic octic latic metic artic ustic matic votic retic optic nitic
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