attic

noun3

1. •
   the top floor of a house, made low by the roof above it and used for keeping old things

   • We went up to the attic to look for the boxes containing our childhood keepsakes.
2. •
   (slang) A person's head or brain.
3. •
   A storey or a parapet above the cornice of a classical façade, often decorated.

adjective5

1. •
   (historical) Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland
2. •
   (historical) Of or related to ancient Athenian architecture.
3. •
   (historical) Of or related to Attic Greek.
4. •
   (historical) Synonym of Athenian, of or related to the culture of ancient Athens.

   • […] Aeschylus here, as elsewhere, made himself the legislator of all Attic tragedy. — 1924
5. •
   (figurative) Marked by the qualities traditionally considered characteristic of the ancient Athenians: classical, refined.

   • , The distinction between the Attic and the Asiatic schools takes us back to antiquity. The former were regarded as concise and healthy, the latter as empty and inflated: […] — 1921