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| 1. | the part of a building, esp. of a house, directly under a roof; garret. |
| 2. | a room or rooms in an attic. |
| 3. | a low story or decorative wall above an entablature or the main cornice of a building. |
| 4. | Anatomy. the upper part of the tympanic cavity of the ear. |
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At·tic
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–noun
| 1. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Greece or of Athens. |
| 2. | (often lowercase) displaying simple elegance, incisive intelligence, and delicate wit. |
| 3. | the dialect of ancient Attica that became the standard language of Classical Greek literature in the 5th and 4th centuries b.c. |
[Origin: 1555–65; < L Atticus < Gk Attikós]
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[From Attic story, story of a building enclosed by one decorative structure placed above another, much taller decorative structure, usually involving the Attic order, an architectural order having square columns of any of the basic five orders, from French attique, from attique, Attic, from Latin Atticus; see Attic.] |
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adj.
n. The ancient Greek dialect of Attica, in which the bulk of classical Greek literature is written. [Latin Atticus, from Greek Attikos, from Attikē, Attica.] |
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Attic
1599, "of or pertaining to Attica," from L. Atticus, from Gk. Attikos "of Attica," the region around Athens. Attested from 1563 as an architectural term for a type of column base.
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attic
"top storey under the roof of a house," 1855, shortened from attic storey (1724). The term Attic order in classical architecture meant a small, square decorative column of the type often used in a low storey above a building's main facade, a feature associated with the region around Athens (see Attic). The word then was applied to "a low decorative facade above the main story of a building" (1696), and it came to mean the space enclosed by such a structure. The modern use is via Fr. attique. "An attic is upright, a garret is in a sloping roof" [Weekley].
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| attic | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times; "Attic Greek" |
noun | |
| 1. | floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage [syn: loft] |
| 2. | the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia |
| 3. | informal terms for a human head |
| 4. | (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
attic [ˈӕtik] noun
a room at the top of a house under the roof
Example: They store old furniture in the attic.
Example: They store old furniture in the attic.
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Attic
At"tic\, a. [L. Atticus, Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined. Attic base (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and "Roman Doric" orders, and imitated by the architects of the Renaissance. Attic faith, inviolable faith. Attic purity, special purity of language. Attic salt, Attic wit, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar to the Athenians. Attic story. See Attic, n. Attic style, a style pure and elegant.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Attic
At"tic\, a. [L. Atticus, Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined. Attic base (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and "Roman Doric" orders, and imitated by the architects of the Renaissance. Attic faith, inviolable faith. Attic purity, special purity of language. Attic salt, Attic wit, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar to the Athenians. Attic story. See Attic, n. Attic style, a style pure and elegant.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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