Demotic
Demotic , adjective
[Greek dhmotiko`s, from dh^mos the people: compare French démotique.]
Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common.
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Demotic alphabet or Demotic character , a form of writing used in Egypt after six or seven centuries before Christ, for books, deeds, and other such writings; a simplified form of the hieratic character; -- called also epistolographic character, and enchorial character. See Enchorial.