Demotic

Other forms: Demotics

Definitions of Demotic

1. noun

   a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script
   “Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek”

   synonyms: Demotic script

   type of:

   hieratic, hieratic script

   a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
2. noun

   the modern Greek vernacular
   synonyms: Romaic

   type of:

   Modern Greek, New Greek

   the Greek language as spoken and written today
3. adjective

   of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use