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demotic definition

de·motic (dē mät′ik)

adjective

    1. of the people; popular; specif., vernacular (sense )
    2. in or of idiomatic, colloquial, everyday language a novelist with a good ear for demotic dialogue
  2. designating or of a simplified system of ancient Egyptian writing

Etymology: ML demoticus < Gr dēmotikos < dēmotes, one of the people < dēmos: see democracy

noun

  1. Romaic
  2. everyday language; the way real people speak

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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