Demotic [Oxford Dictionary]

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demotic

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Line breaks: dem|ot¦ic

Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɒtɪk/

Definition of demotic in English:

adjective

1Denoting or relating to the kind of language used by ordinary people; colloquial:a demotic idiom

1.1Relating to or denoting the form of modern Greek used in everyday speech and writing. Compare with katharevousa.

1.2Relating to or denoting a simplified, cursive form of ancient Egyptian script, dating from circa 650bc and replaced by Greek in the Ptolemaic period. Compare with hieratic.

1Ordinary colloquial speech:he blinked in mild surprise at this uncharacteristic leap into the demotic

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1.1Demotic Greek.

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1.2Demotic Egyptian script.

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Origin

Early 19th century (in the sense ‘relating to the Egyptian demotic’): from Greek dēmotikos ‘popular’, from dēmotēs ‘one of the people’, from dēmos ‘the people’.

Words that rhyme with demotic

abiotic, amniotic, antibiotic, chaotic, despotic, erotic, exotic, homoerotic, hypnotic, idiotic, macrobiotic, meiotic, narcotic, neurotic, osmotic, patriotic, prebiotic, psychotic, quixotic, robotic, sclerotic, semiotic, symbiotic, zygotic, zymotic

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