demotic script

1. 1.

   a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script

   “Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek”

   SynonymsDemotic

   Broaderhieratic

Questions about demotic script

What does demotic script mean?

demotic script means "a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script".

What is another word for demotic script?

Close synonyms include Demotic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is demotic script a common word?

demotic script is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.