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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) (WordNet)

Demotic
adj 1: of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek
based on colloquial use
2: of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments";
"demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic
rhythms"
n 1: a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script;
"Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek" [synonym:
{Demotic}, {Demotic script}]
2: the modern Greek vernacular [synonym: {Romaic}, {Demotic}]