Associations to the word «Attic»

Wiktionary

ATTIC, noun. 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.
ATTIC, adjective. Relating to Athenian culture or architecture.
ATTIC, adjective. Marked by the qualities that were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.
ATTIC, adjective. Relating to that dialect of Ancient Greek.
ATTIC, proper noun. An ancient Greek dialect spoken in Attica, Euboea, and the northern coastal regions of the Aegean Sea.
ATTIC FAITH, noun. Inviolable faith
ATTIC SALT, noun. (idiomatic) Pointed and delicate wit.

Dictionary definition

ATTIC, noun. Floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage.
ATTIC, noun. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia.
ATTIC, noun. Informal terms for a human head.
ATTIC, noun. (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof.
ATTIC, adjective. Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times; "Attic Greek".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats