hieratic vs shabby

hieratic

adj
  • Extremely stylized, restrained or formal; adhering to fixed types or methods; severe in emotional import. 

  • Of or pertaining to the cursive writing system that developed alongside the hieroglyphic system as its ordinary handwritten counterpart. 

  • Of or pertaining to priests, especially pharaonic priests of Ancient Egypt. 

noun
  • A writing system used in pharaonic Egypt that was developed alongside the hieroglyphic system, primarily written in ink with a reed brush on papyrus, allowing scribes to write quickly without resorting to the time consuming hieroglyphs. 

shabby

adj
  • Mean; despicable. 

  • Wearing ragged, very worn, or dirty clothing. 

  • Torn or worn; unkempt. 

  • Poor; showing little effort or talent. 

How often have the words hieratic and shabby occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )