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.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Epistolographic \E*pis`to*lo*graph"ic\, a. [Gr. ? : cf. F. ['e]pistolographique.]

Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing letters; epistolary.

Epistolographic character or mode of writing, the same as Demotic character. See under Demotic.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)