[demoteikku] (n, adj-no) (See ヒエラティック) demotic (Egyptian script) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
{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}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Demotic
adj 1: of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek
based on colloquial use
2: of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments";
"demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic
rhythms"
n 1: a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script;
"Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek" [syn:
{Demotic}, {Demotic script}]
2: the modern Greek vernacular [syn: {Romaic}, {Demotic}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
