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adj
Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland
Synonym of Athenian, of or related to the culture of ancient Athens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: Athenian, of or related to the culture of ancient Athens
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adj
Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland
Of or related to ancient Athenian architecture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: architecture
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adj
Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland
Of or related to Attic Greek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adj
Marked by the qualities traditionally considered characteristic of the ancient Athenians: classical, refined.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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name
Clipping of Attic Greek, the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Attica, Euboea, and the northern coast of the Aegean Sea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: loft, garret
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noun
A storey or a parapet above the cornice of a classical façade, often decorated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
A person's head or brain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Synonyms: upper storey
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adjective
of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
(architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: wall
noun
floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: loft, garret
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Broader terms: floor, level, storey, story
Narrower terms: cockloft, hayloft, haymow, mow
noun
informal terms for a human head
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bean, bonce, noodle, noggin, dome
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: human head
noun
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Ionic, Ionic dialect, Classical Greek
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Ancient Greek
History
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.
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).
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