Atticism
English
Etymology
Attic + -ism. Compare solecism and barbarism.
Noun
Atticism (plural Atticisms)
- The style and idiom of Attic, the Ancient Greek Athenian dialect
- A well-turned phrase; a concise manner of speech or expression
- (historical) A favouring of, or attachment to Attica and the Athenians
- (historical) A rhetorical movement that began in the 1st century BC, which strove to emulate classical Attic style and usage in reaction against the perceived vulgarities of the Koine
- (historical) The wordings and phrasings typical of this movement, especially as contrasted with the Koine
Related terms
- Atticist
- Atticistic
Anagrams
- Tacitism, mastitic