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.
Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position. Gilbert K. Chesterton
I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. Arthur Conan Doyle
An uncle of mine emigrated to Canada and couldn't take his guitar with him. When I found it in the attic, I'd found a friend for life. Sting
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. Arthur Conan Doyle
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess. James Thurber
attic in Afrikaans is Atties
attic in Danish is loftsrum
attic in Dutch is zolderkamer
attic in Dutch is Attisch
attic in Dutch is dakkamertje
attic in German is Dachkammer, Dachkammer, Dachstube
attic in Italian is abbaino, deposito, soffitta
attic in Latin is cenaculum
attic in Norwegian is loft
attic in Spanish is zaquizami, desvan
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