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Attic

//ˈætɪk// adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland; Synonym of Athenian, of or related to the culture of ancient Athens. historical
  2. 2
    Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland; Of or related to ancient Athenian architecture. historical
  3. 3
    Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland; Of or related to Attic Greek. historical
  4. 4
    Marked by the qualities traditionally considered characteristic of the ancient Athenians: classical, refined. figuratively
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of Attic Greek, the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Attica, Euboea, and the northern coast of the Aegean Sea. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Noun
  1. 1
    The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.

    "We went up to the attic to look for the boxes containing our childhood keepsakes."

  2. 2
    (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof wordnet
  3. 3
    A person's head or brain. slang

    "[…] was a diminutive, forked-radish sort of a young man, very fashionably attired, or, as he would say, kiddily togg'd; and, though it was scarcely noon, he was rather queer in the attic; that is to say, not exactly sober."

  4. 4
    floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage wordnet
  5. 5
    informal terms for a human head wordnet
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  1. 6
    the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the practice of decorating the top storey of building facades in the Attic architectural style. From French attique, from Latin atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós).

Etymology 2

From Latin Atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós), from some Pre-Greek demonym or toponym for Athens and its hinterland of Attica + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to a modified and clipped Athens + -ic. Doublet of Atticus.

Etymology 3

From Latin Atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós), from some Pre-Greek demonym or toponym for Athens and its hinterland of Attica + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to a modified and clipped Athens + -ic. Doublet of Atticus.

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