demotic script is a simplified, cursive form of hieroglyphs used in ancient egypt.
demotic Greek
Note the intrusion into British demotic (“me and Cheryl were having”) of the valley-girl quotative be, like.
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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. [1913 Webster] {Demotic alphabet} or {Demotic character}, a form of writing used in Egypt after six or seven centuries… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Demotic — (Greek for of the people or folkish ) may refer to: Demotic Greek, a variety of the Greek language Demotic (Egyptian), a script and stage of the Egyptian language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an … Wikipedia
demotic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of language) used by ordinary people; colloquial. 2) relating to demotic Greek. ► NOUN 1) the form of modern Greek used in everyday speech and writing. 2) demotic language. ORIGIN Greek d motikos, from d … English terms dictionary
demotic — demótic adj. m., pl. demótici; f. sg. demótică, pl. demótice Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic DEMÓTIC, Ă adj. Scriere demotică = denumire dată scrierii egiptene cursive populare. [< fr … Dicționar Român
demotic — [dē mät′ik] adj. [ML demoticus < Gr dēmotikos < dēmotes, one of the people < dēmos: see DEMOCRACY] 1. a) of the people; popular; specif., VERNACULAR (sense 2) b) in or of idiomatic, colloquial, everyday language [a novelist with a good… … English World dictionary
demotic — 1822, from Gk. demotikos of or for the common people, in common use, from demos common people, originally district, from PIE *da mo division, from root *da to divide (see TIDE (Cf. tide)). In contrast to HIERATIC (Cf. hieratic). Originally of the … Etymology dictionary
demotic — [[t]dɪmɒ̱tɪk[/t]] 1) ADJ Demotic language is the type of informal language used by ordinary people. [FORMAL] ...television s demotic style of language. Syn: colloquial 2) ADJ: usu ADJ n Demotic is used to describe something or someone that is… … English dictionary
demotic — /di mot ik/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the ordinary, everyday, current form of a language; vernacular: a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms. 2. of or pertaining to the common people; popular. 3. of, pertaining to, or noting the simplified … Universalium
demotic — adjective Etymology: Greek dēmotikos, from dēmotēs commoner, from dēmos Date: 1822 1. of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing 2. popular, common < demotic idiom > … New Collegiate Dictionary
Demotic — A cursive script developed from business Hieratic and introduced towards the end of the seventh century BC, demotic also had a distinctive grammar and new vocabulary. Mainly used for legal and administrative documents but also for some… … Ancient Egypt
