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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Demotic \De*mot"ic\, a. [Gr. dhmotiko`s, fr dh^mos the people: cf F. d['e]motique.] Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common. {Demotic alphabet} or {character}, a form of writing used in Egypt after six or seven centuries before Christ, for books, deeds, and other such writings; a simplified form of the hieratic character; -- called also {epistolographic character}, and {enchorial character}. See {Enchorial}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Demotic adj 1: of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use [syn: {Demotic}] 2: of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments"; "demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms" n : the modern Greek vernacular [syn: {Romaic}, {Demotic}]
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