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DEMOTIC

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The modern Greek vernacular

Synonyms:

Demotic; Romaic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Demotic" is a kind of...):

Modern Greek; New Greek (the Greek language as spoken and written today)

Derivation:

Demotic (of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script

Example:

Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek

Synonyms:

Demotic; Demotic script

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Demotic" is a kind of...):

hieratic; hieratic script (a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or for the common people

Example:

a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

common (having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Demotic (the modern Greek vernacular)

Derivation:

Demotic (the modern Greek vernacular)

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