Demotic
Pronunciation : De*mot"ic
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Gr. d?motique.]
Definition : Defn: Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common. Demotic alphabet or 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913