Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - demotic
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n. & adj. --n. 1 the popular colloquial form of a language. 2 a popular simplified form of ancient Egyptian writing (cf. HIERATIC). --adj. 1 (esp. of language) popular, colloquial, or vulgar. 2 of or concerning the ancient Egyptian or modern Greek demotic. Etymology: Gk demotikos f. demotes one of the people (demos) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. демотический (о египетском письме) written in demotic —- написанный демотическим письмом 2. редк. народный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. Demotic language is the type of informal language used by ordinary people. (FORMAL) ...television’s demotic style of language. = colloquial ADJ 2. Demotic is used to describe something or someone that is typical of ordinary people. (FORMAL) ...demotic entertainments such as TV soap operas. = popular ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- 1822, from Gk. demotikos "of or for the common people," from demos "common people." In contrast to hieratic. Originally of ancient Egyptian writing; broader sense is from 1927. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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