Meaning
- 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.
- (slang) A person's head or brain.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈætɪk/
Etymology
From the practice of decorating the top storey of building facades in the Attic architectural style. From French attique, from Latin atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós).
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