demotic
demotic definition
de·motic (dē mät′ik)
adjective
- of the people; popular; specif., vernacular (sense )
- in or of idiomatic, colloquial, everyday language a novelist with a good ear for demotic dialogue
- designating or of a simplified system of ancient Egyptian writing
Etymology: ML demoticus < Gr dēmotikos < dēmotes, one of the people < dēmos: see democracy
noun
- Romaic
- 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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