\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.
{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}.