Attic salt
Pointed and delicate wit.
His [Lucan's] wit, ſays Ablancourt, was full of urbanity, that Attic ſalt which the French call fine raillery; not obſcene, not groſs, not rude, but facetious, well-mannered, and w
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.
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 shooting sporadic Game is like Disney, my words are like magic
A storey or a parapet above the cornice of a classical façade, often decorated.
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.
adj
Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland
Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland
Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland
Marked by the qualities traditionally considered characteristic of the ancient Athenians: classical, refined.
name
Clipping of Attic Greek, the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Attica, Euboea, and the northern coast of the Aegean Sea.