YourDictionary

demotic

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
  1. designating or of a simplified system of ancient Egyptian writing

noun

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

See demotic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

Learn more about demotic

link/cite print suggestion box