Found 2 items, similar to Demotic.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Demotic Demotic adj 1: of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Demotic 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. [1913 Webster] Demotic alphabet or Demotic 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. [1913 Webster]