/ˈætɪk/, [ˈæɾɪk]
OriginFrom 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).
- 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.”
“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 s”
- slangA 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 s”
- historicalSynonym of Athenian, of or related to the culture of ancient Athens.
- historicalOf or related to ancient Athenian architecture.
- historicalOf or related to Attic Greek.
- figurativelyMarked by the qualities traditionally considered characteristic of the ancient Athenians: classical, refined.
- abbreviation, alt-of, clippingClipping of Attic Greek, the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Attica, Euboea, and the northern coast of the Aegean Sea.
Formsattics(plural) · more Attic(comparative) · most Attic(superlative)