demotic
Example Sentences
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A slab from the Roman era was also found with hieroglyphic and demotic inscriptions, which may give more clues once restored.
From Washington Post
She held grudges, and wrote about them using language more demotic than regal: “You’re an idiot and I hate your guts,” she sang on her song “Idiot,” from 2005.
From New York Times
A series of interconnected short narratives about a group of friends, “Trainspotting” is inventive, scurrilous, gloriously demotic and entirely itself.
From New York Times
He would waffle in demotic English and then answer a charge with a quotation from Seneca.
From Washington Post
Today’s readers, used to the twittering demotic of our age, may need to adjust to this titanic prose-poem’s leisurely, mandarin style.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
