Word of the Day for Monday, November 8, 2010
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demotic \dih-MOT-ik\, adjective:
demotic \dih-MOT-ik\, adjective:
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1. Of or pertaining to the common people; popular.
1. Of or pertaining to the common people; popular.
2. Of or pertaining to the ordinary, everyday, current form of a language; vernacular.
3. Of, pertaining to, or noting the simplified form of hieratic writing used in ancient Egypt between 700 b.c. and a.d. 500.
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The B.O. may think that he is a demotic sort of person, but his flying circus to India indicates otherwise!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Demotic stems from the same Greek root as democracy, demotikos, "of or for the common people." Originally, the term described the simpler of two forms of ancient Egyptian writing.
Demotic stems from the same Greek root as democracy, demotikos, "of or for the common people." Originally, the term described the simpler of two forms of ancient Egyptian writing.
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