Demotic \De*mot"ic\, a. [Gr. dhmotiko`s, fr. dh^mos the people:
cf. F. d['e]motique.]
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}.
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