noun
Meaning 1
Pointed and delicate wit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
Attic salt
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈatɪk sɔːlt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈatɪk sɒlt/
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General-American: /ˈætɪk sɑlt/
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General-American: /ˈætɪk sɔlt/
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General-American: /-ɾɪk/
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History
Etymology
Attic + salt; a calque of Latin sāl Atticus or sāl Atticum. In classical times “salt” was a frequent metaphor for “wit”.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: Attisch zout — pointed and delicate wit
- Finnish: attikalainen suola — pointed and delicate wit
- French: sel attique — pointed and delicate wit
- French: atticisme — pointed and delicate wit
- Galician: sal ático — pointed and delicate wit
- German: attisches Salz — pointed and delicate wit
- Greek: Αττικόν άλας (Attikón álas) — pointed and delicate wit
- Hungarian: attikai só — pointed and delicate wit
- Hungarian: elmésség — pointed and delicate wit
- Hungarian: élc — pointed and delicate wit
- Hungarian: szellemesség — pointed and delicate wit
- Latin: sāl Atticum — pointed and delicate wit
- Latin: sāl Atticus — pointed and delicate wit
- Polish: sól attycka — pointed and delicate wit
- Portuguese: sal ático — pointed and delicate wit
- Ottoman Turkish: نمك (nemek) — pointed and delicate wit