demotic English

Meaning demotic meaning

What does demotic mean?

demotic

— adjective of or for the common people demotic entertainments demotic speech a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms

Demotic

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

— noun (= Demotic script) a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek

— noun (= Romaic) the modern Greek vernacular

Synonyms demotic synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as demotic?

demotic English » English

popular

folksy

enchorial

vulgar

vernacular

popular idiom

nonstandard

municipal

lay

laic

colloquially

colloquial

Romaic

Demotic

Demotic English » English

Demotic script

Romaic

workaday

vernacular

unspectacular

unoriginal

plain

ordinary

homely

folksy

everyday

demotic