demotic
adjective/dɪˈmɒtɪk/
/dɪˈmɑːtɪk/
(formal)- used by or typical of ordinary people
- demotic language/speech
Word Originearly 19th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to the Egyptian demotic’): from Greek dēmotikos ‘popular’, from dēmotēs ‘one of the people’, from dēmos ‘the people’.Definitions on the go
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