attic

attic has 9 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• a.. Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.
• a.. A low story above the main order or orders of a facade, in the classical styles; -- a term introduced in the 17th century. Hence:
• a.. A room or rooms behind that part of the exterior; all the rooms immediately below the roof.
• a.. An Athenian; an Athenian author.
• n.. (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof
• n.. floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
• n.. informal terms for a human head
• n.. the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia
• a.. of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times; "Attic Greek"