demotic
Speech parts
1. demotic - Noun
2. demotic - Adjective
3. demotic - Adjective Satellite
4. Demotic - Proper noun
Meaning
Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common.
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...slang...the home-made language of the ruled, not the rulers, the acted upon, the used, the used up. It is demotic poetry emerging in flashes of ironic insight.
Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek
demotic entertainments
demotic speech
a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms
According to one estimation, "Homeric Greek is probably closer to demotic than 12-century Middle English is to modern spoken English."