I. də̇ˈmäd.]ik, dēˈ-, -ät] adjective
Etymology: Greek dēmotikos, from dēmotēs commoner (from dēmos deme, populace) + -ikos -ic — more at dem-
1. : of or relating to the people : popular , common — used especially of language
the attempt to create beauty out of city life and style out of the demotic English which is spoken therein — Cyril Connolly
2.
a. : written in, constituting, or belonging to a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing used at first chiefly for business and social purposes but later also for religious and literary works : enchorial , epistolographic
b. : written in, constituting, or belonging to a relatively simple rapidly written cursive form of any of various systems of writing
3. : of, belonging to, or connected with the form of Modern Greek that is based on colloquial use and is characterized by free acceptance of loanwords and simplification of inflections — compare katharevusa
II. noun
( -s )
: the demotic form of Modern Greek