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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/ »åɪˈ³¾É’³Ùɪ°ì /
noun
- the spoken form of Modern Greek, now increasingly used in literature Compare Katharevusa
adjective
- denoting or relating to this
demotic
2/ »åɪˈ³¾É’³Ùɪ°ì /
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
- »å±ðˈ³¾´Ç³Ù¾±²õ³Ù, noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog 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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