demotic

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Synonyms: demonic, emotic, domotic

Antonyms: demonic, emotic, domotic

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. Of or for the [[common]] people.
2. Of, relating to, or written in the ancient [[Egyptian]] [[script]] that developed from [[Lower Egypt]]ian [[hieratic]] writing starting from around 650 {{BCE}} and was chiefly used to write the [[Demotic]] [[phase]] of the [[Egyptian]] language, with [[simplified]] and [[cursive]] [[character]]s that no longer corresponded directly to their [[hieroglyphic]] [[precursor]]s.
3. Of, relating to, or written in the form of modern [[vernacular]] [[Greek]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|linguistics}} Language as spoken or written by the common people.

Proper noun

1. The [[demotic]] [[Egyptian]] [[script]], used from c. 650 BCE to 452 CE.
2. {{lb|en|linguistics}} The demotic [[Egyptian]] [[language]], spoken from c. 650 BCE to 400 BCE.

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