demotic
UK/di'mɒtik/US
GREC2
Definitions
adj.
Of or relating to ordinary people; of everyday popular speech or culture.
平民的，通俗的；关于日常大众语言或文化的。
n.
The everyday form of modern Greek; the simplified popular script of ancient Egypt.
现代希腊语的通俗口语体；古埃及的世俗体（民间简化文字）。
Root Breakdown
Root-deriveddem (people) + -otic (adjective ending) = 'of the common people.' Demotic Greek is everyday spoken Greek; demotic script in ancient Egypt was the ordinary people's writing, as opposed to the priests' hieroglyphs.
Root demo still carries 9 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.demotic Greek通俗希腊语
- 2.demotic script世俗体文字
- 3.demotic language民间语言
Example Sentences
- 1.
The poem was written in demotic Greek rather than the formal style.
- 2.
The Rosetta Stone carries the same text in demotic and hieroglyphic script.
- 3.
Her writing has a demotic energy that ordinary readers love.