Category:Popular

Pop"u*lar, a. Etym: [l. popularis, fr. populus people: cf. F. Populaire. See people.]

1. Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the People, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular Voice; popular elections. "popular states." Bacon. "so the popular Vote inclines." Milton. The commonly held in popular estimation are greatest at a distance. J. H. Newman.

2. Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; Familiar; plain. Homilies are plain popular instructions. Hooker.

3. Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable By the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular Prices; popular amusements. The smallest figs, called popular figs,. . . are, of all others, the Basest and of least account. Holland.

4. Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, Or to many people; as, a popular preacher; a popular law; a popular Administration.

5. Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the Populace. [r.] Such popular humanity is treason. Addison.

6. Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease. [obs.] Johnson. Popular action (law), an action in which any person May sue for penalty imposed by statute. Blackstone.