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Demotic - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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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"
(noun)
1: the modern Greek vernacular [syn: Romaic, Demotic]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Demotic |
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jobsker43: Chill & stop actin paranoid like everybdys tryin 2 turn u Demotic. U want Communism ok whateva but we need 2 wrk together on climate change. |
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ancient_book: Praising the Goddess: A Comparative and Annotated Re-Edition of Six Demotic Hymns and Praises Add… - by Kockelmann et al. http://j.mp/8xoCEi |
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science_book: Praising the Goddess: A Comparative and Annotated Re-Edition of Six Demotic Hymns and Praises Add… - by Kockelmann et al. http://j.mp/6IrEQ8 |
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