Demur (di-MUR)
verb intr.
1. To voice opposition; object: demurred at the suggestion.
2. Law. To enter a demurrer (A method of objecting that admits the facts of the opponent's argument but denies that they sustain the pleading based upon them).
3. To delay.
noun
1. The act of demurring.
2. An objection.
3. A delay. [Middle English demuren, to delay, from Anglo-Norman demurer, from Latin demorari : de- + morari, to delay (from mora, delay).](di-MOT-ik)
adjective
1. Of or relating to the common people; popular.
2. Of, relating to, or written in the simplified form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
3. Demotic. Of or relating to a form of modern Greek based on colloquial use.