demotic

Adjective

• of or for the common people
  • demotic entertainments
    
  • demotic speech
    
  • a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms
    

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

Noun

• the modern Greek vernacular

• a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script
  • Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Demotic , Romaic , Demotic script