ATTIC
What does "ATTIC" mean?
A space or room just below the roof of a building, often used for storage.
Meanings
- The room or space directly under the roof of a house. We found a box of my grandmother's letters in the attic.
- A low decorative wall or story above the main cornice of a classical facade. The architect added an attic to hide the roofline from the street. technical
- Of or relating to Athens or ancient Attica, especially its dialect and refined wit. Her prose had an Attic clarity, spare and exact. formal
Did you know?
- The dusty space under your roof is named after ancient Athens: the architectural 'Attic order' of low decorative top stories, modeled on Attica, lent its name to the room above the cornice.
Word origin
From French 'attique', from Latin 'Atticus' ('of Attica/Athens'); the architectural 'Attic order' of low decorative facades gave its name to the small top story, then to the room under the roof.
Remember it
ATTIC sounds like 'a tick' - the small space ticking away above your head, full of forgotten things.
A little poem
Dust on the window-
boxes of who we once were
wait under the eaves.
haiku
Wordplay
- I keep my Greek philosophy books in the attic - it's the only room that's properly Attic.
What it teaches
What you store overhead and forget still shapes the house you live in.
Quick facts
What does ATTIC mean?
A space or room just below the roof of a building, often used for storage.
Is ATTIC a valid word?
Yes — ATTIC is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ATTIC?
ATTIC has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ATTIC come from?
From French 'attique', from Latin 'Atticus' ('of Attica/Athens'); the architectural 'Attic order' of low decorative facades gave its name to the small top story, then to the room under the roof.
What can ATTIC teach us?
What you store overhead and forget still shapes the house you live in.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.