demotic

noun

the modern Greek vernacular

a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script

adjective

of or for the common people

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

Roots

demosdemot- · Greek · common people ikos-ic · Greek · pertaining to

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