"demotic" in the noun sense
1. Demotic, Demotic script
a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script
"Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek"
2. Romaic, Demotic
the modern Greek vernacular
"demotic" in the adjective sense
1. Demotic
of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use
2. demotic
of or for the common people
"demotic entertainments"
"demotic speech"
"a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms"
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