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The definition of an attic is a room or space directly under the roof.

(noun)

An example of an attic is the space where Shirley Temple slept in The Little Princess.

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noun

a low wall or story above the cornice of a classical facade
the room or space just below the roof of a house; garret

Origin: Fr attique, an attic < Attique, Attic, used as an architectural term

adjective

of Attica
of or characteristic of Athens, esp. ancient Athens, or its people, language, or culture; Athenian
classical; simple, restrained, etc.: said of a style

Origin: L Atticus < Gr Attikos

noun

the variety of Greek spoken in ancient Attica, which became the literary language of ancient Greece

See attic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A story or room directly below the roof of a building, especially a house.
A low wall or story above the cornice of a classical façade.

Origin:

Origin: 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

Origin: , from French attique

Origin: , from attique, Attic

Origin: , from Latin Atticus; see Attic

adjective