romaic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the modern Greek vernacular
    Demotic.
  2. adjective relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language

WordNet

Ro*ma"ic adjective
Etymology
NGr. : cf. F. romaïque. See Roman.
Definitions
  1. Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language. -- n. The modern Greek language, now usually called by the Greeks Hellenic or Neo-Hellenic. ✍ The Greeks at the time of the capture of Constantinople were proud of being "Romai^oi, or Romans . . . Hence the term Romaic was the name given to the popular language. . . . The Greek language is now spoken of as the Hellenic language. Encyc. Brit.

Webster 1913