demotics (uncountable)
(library cataloguing) The area of knowledge relating to the care and culture of the people; sociology in its broadest sense.
• comedist, cosmetid, docetism, domestic
Source: Wiktionary
De*mot"ics, n.
Definition: The department of knowledge relative to the care and culture of the people; sociology in its broadest sense; -- in library cataloguing.
De*mot"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. démotique.]
Definition: 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 Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
