Pronounced: TREN-chunt, adj
Notes: I was in the area of the correct meaning with our word
Yesterday’s word
The word demotic, as an adjective, means “relating to common people; popular”. As a noun, it means “Modern Greek”.
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1700s
Background / Comments
Our word comes from the Greek word demos (people). Thus, the word “democracy” means “rule by the people”. As I noted yesterday, I had a vague idea of the adjectival meaning, but I had no idea that our word could mean Modern Greek.
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