demotic

Definitions


[dɪˈmɒtɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- denoting or relating to the kind of language used by ordinary people; colloquial
(e.g: a demotic idiom)


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Origin:
late 18th century (in the sense ‘simplified form of ancient Egyptian script’): from Greek dēmotikos ‘popular’, from dēmotēs ‘one of the people’, from dēmos ‘the people’


[dɪˈmɒtɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- ordinary colloquial speech
(e.g: he blinked in mild surprise at this uncharacteristic leap into the demotic)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 18th century (in the sense ‘simplified form of ancient Egyptian script’): from Greek dēmotikos ‘popular’, from dēmotēs ‘one of the people’, from dēmos ‘the people’




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