/at"ik/ , adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Greece or of Athens.
2. ( often l.c. ) displaying simple elegance, incisive intelligence, and delicate wit.
n.
3. the dialect of ancient Attica that became the standard language of Classical Greek literature in the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.
[ 1555-65; Atticus Attikós ]