Pertaining to Attica, or to the city or state of Athens; Athenian; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians.n. A native or an inhabitant of Attica, the territory of the ancient Athenian state, now an eparchy of the kingdom of Greece; an Athenian.n. The Attic dialect; Attic Greek.n. In architecture, a low story surmounting an entablature or the main cornice of a building. Also called attic story.n. A room in the uppermost part of a house, immediately beneath the roof or leads; a garret.n. The upper portion of the tympanic cavity of the ear.n. Figuratively, a man's ‘top story’; the skull