adj.
Pronunciation: di- ' mä-tik
Function: adjective
Etymology: Greek d ē motikos, from d ē mot ē s commoner, from d ē mos
Date: 1822
1 : of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing
2 : POPULAR , COMMON < demotic idiom>
3 : of or relating to the form of Modern Greek that is based on everyday speech