Definition for AT-TIC

AT-TIC, n.

  1. A small square pillar with its cornice on the uppermost part of a building. Attics properly form the crown of the building, or a finishing for the other orders, when they are used in the structure. – Encyc.
  2. An Athenian; an Athenian author. – Jones's Greek Grammar.

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