demotic

demotic
[dɪˈmɒtɪk]
adjective
  1. denoting or relating to the kind of language used by ordinary people; popular or colloquial
    （与）通俗语言（有关）的
    a demotic idiom.
    通俗习惯用语。
    ■relating to or denoting the form of modern Greek used in everyday speech and writing
    （与）现代希腊语（有关）的。 比较 katharevousa
    ■relating to or denoting a simplified, cursive form of ancient Egyptian script, dating from c.650 bc and replaced by Greek in the Ptolemaic period
    （与）古埃及通俗文字（有关）的。 比较 hieratic
noun
  1. [mass noun]ordinary colloquial speech
    通俗口语
    ■demotic Greek
    通俗希腊语
    ■demotic Egyptian script
    通俗埃及文字
语源
  1. early 19th cent. (in the sense 'relating to the Egyptian demotic'): from Greek dēmotikos 'popular', from dēmotēs 'one of the people', from dēmos 'the people'
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