attic
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attic¹
- /ˈætɪk/
Rhymes with -ætɪk
Where it comes from
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).
noun attics
- 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. We went up to the attic to look for the boxes containing our childhood keepsakes.
- A storey or a parapet above the cornice of a classical façade, often decorated.
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A person's head or brain.
[…] 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.
Similar: upper storey
Attic²
- /ˈætɪk/
Sounds like attic · Rhymes with -ætɪk
Where it comes from
From Latin Atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós), from some Pre-Greek demonym or toponym for Athens and its hinterland of Attica + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to a modified and clipped Athens + -ic. Doublet of Atticus.
adjective more Attic · most Attic
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Synonym of Athenian, of or related to the culture of ancient Athens.
[…] Aeschylus here, as elsewhere, made himself the legislator of all Attic tragedy.
Similar: Athenian, of or related to the culture of ancient Athens
- Of or related to ancient Athenian architecture.
- Of or related to Attic Greek.
- Marked by the qualities traditionally considered characteristic of the ancient Athenians: classical, refined. , 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: […]
proper noun
- Clipping of Attic Greek, the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Attica, Euboea, and the northern coast of the Aegean Sea.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: garret, loft, noggin, noodle, bean, classical greek, mezzanine, yard, cellar, dome, barn, breadbasket, granary, stars, sale, greek
Translations
Every language
noun space directly below the roof
| Español | buhardilla, desván, zaquizamí, sobrado, covacha, ático |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 다락방 darakbang |
| 日本語 | 屋根裏 yaneura |
| 中文 | 閣樓 /阁楼 gélóu |
| हिन्दी | अटारी aṭārī |
| Português | sótão |
| Français | grenier, combles, mansarde |
| Deutsch | Dachgeschoss, Dachboden |
| Italiano | soffitta, solaio, attico |
| Ελληνικά | σοφίτα sofíta |
| Română | pod, mansardă |
| Русский | черда́к čerdák, манса́рда mansárda |
| Tiếng Việt | gác, gác xép |
| العربية | عِلِّيَّة ʕilliyya |
| עברית | עֲלִיַת גַג, עליית גג aliat gag |
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title = {attic},
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