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adjective
- Of or for the common people.
- Of, relating to, or written in the vulgar form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
- demotic script is a simplified, cursive form of hieroglyphs used in ancient egypt.
- Of, relating to, or written in the form of modern vernacular Greek.
- demotic Greek
Etymology: First attested in w:1822, 1822, from Greek (demotikos) common, vulgar, from Greek (demos) ''common people."
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