Attic Definition

ătĭk

noun

A story or room directly below the roof of a building, especially a house.

American Heritage

A low wall or story above the cornice of a classical facade.

Webster's New World

A low wall or story above the cornice of a classical façade.

American Heritage

The room or space just below the roof of a house; garret.

Webster's New World

The ancient Greek dialect of Attica, in which the bulk of classical Greek literature is written.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of ancient Attica, Athens, or the Athenians.

American Heritage

Of Attica.

Webster's New World

Characterized by purity, simplicity, and elegant wit.

Attic prose.

American Heritage

Of or characteristic of Athens, esp. ancient Athens, or its people, language, or culture; Athenian.

Webster's New World

Classical; simple, restrained, etc.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

pronoun

An ancient Greek dialect spoken in Attica, Euboea, and the northern coastal regions of the Aegean Sea.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Attic

Singular:

attic

Plural:

attics

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 Attic

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From the practice of decorating the top storey of building façades in the Attic architectural style.

From Wiktionary
Latin Atticus from Greek Attikos from Attikē , Attica

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikos, “related to Athens”).

From Wiktionary