attic
Speech parts
1. attic - Noun
2. attic - Adjective
3. Attic - Proper noun
Meaning
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 low story above the main order or orders of a facade, in the classical styles; -- a term introduced in the 17th century. Hence:
A room or rooms behind that part of the exterior; all the rooms immediately below the roof.
An Athenian; an Athenian author.
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I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.
A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.
Books read in a public library never have the same flavour as books read in the attic or the kitchen.
Don't set the attic on fire just because you didn't catch any mice.
He who lives in the attic knows where the roof leaks.
The store of rice in your attic is your enemy -- it makes them who have none very jealous.