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demotic

adjective de·mot·ic \di-ˈmä-tik\

: popular or common

Full Definition of DEMOTIC

1
:  of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing
2
:  popular, common <demotic idiom>
3
:  of or relating to the form of Modern Greek that is based on everyday speech
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Origin of DEMOTIC

Greek dēmotikos, from dēmotēs commoner, from dēmos
First Known Use: 1822

Other Language Terms

cognate, collocation, homonym

Rhymes with DEMOTIC

aquatic, biotic, chaotic, cirrhotic, despotic, ergotic, erotic, exotic, hypnotic, kyphotic, leprotic, lordotic, meiotic, mitotic, narcotic, necrotic, neurotic, Nilotic, osmotic, psychotic, quixotic, robotic, sclerotic, thrombotic, zygotic

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2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. demotic
  2. demotic Egyptian
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