"top story under the roof of a house," 1855, shortened from attic storey (1724). The term Attic order in classical architecture meant a small, square decorative column of the type often used [..]

1590s, "pertaining to Attica," from Latin Atticus, from Greek Attikos "Athenian, of Attica," the region around Athens (see Attica). Attested from 1560s as an architectural term for [..]

room or part of a building directly under the roof, often used for storage.

loft: floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times; &a [..]

The space between the upper floor ceiling and roof or between a knee wall and a sloping roof. Also called roof space.

a room just under the roof of a building

The space between the roof and the ceiling.

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To dream that you are in an attic, denotes that you are entertaining hopes which will fail of materialization. For a young woman to dream that she is sleeping in an attic, foretells that she will fail to find contentment in her present occupation.   

A partition or directory where you keep programs and data you are not actively using, but which you don’t feel totally comfortable with discarding. Getting them out of the mainstream makes it easier t [..]

(n) floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage(n) the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia(n) informal terms for [..]

The space between the roof and the ceiling.

The space between the rafters and the ceiling joists.

A room or space directly below the roof of a building. In modern buildings, the attic is the space between the roof and the ceiling of the upper story.

Decorative architectural element situated above the cornice of a building and concealing the roof from view.

From the area around Athens (Attica). 

From the area around Athens (Attica).

Relating to Athenian culture or architecture. Marked by the qualities that were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined. Relating to that dialect of Ancient Greek.