Associations to the word «Atticism»

Wiktionary

ATTICISM, noun. The style and idiom of Attic, the Ancient Greek dialect
ATTICISM, noun. A well-turned phrase; a concise manner of speech or expression
ATTICISM, noun. (historical) A favouring of, or attachment to Attica and the Athenians

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope