attic
/ˈætɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.63 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
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.
adj
Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland
adj
Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland
adj
Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland
adj
Marked by the qualities traditionally considered characteristic of the ancient Athenians: classical, refined.
name
Clipping of Attic Greek, the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Attica, Euboea, and the northern coast of the Aegean Sea.
Example Sentences
- "We went up to the attic to look for the boxes containing our childhood keepsakes."
- "In my Wonderland, I'm back on my Alice Back in my palace, I'm fly like Aladdin Serving my fans all my dope, 'cause they addicts Haters mad 'cause I'm on top like an attic And if it's beef then we're shooting sporadic Game is like Disney, my words are like magic"
- "[…] 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."
- "[…] Aeschylus here, as elsewhere, made himself the legislator of all Attic tragedy."
- ", The distinction between the Attic and the Asiatic schools takes us back to antiquity. The former were regarded as concise and healthy, the latter as empty and inflated: […]"
Etymology
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).
Origin
- Source language: French