DEMOTIC

De‐mot″ic (?), a. [[Gr. δημοτικόσ, fr. δη̑μοσ the people: cf. F. démotique.]] 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.