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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:
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)
