Meanings
verbAtticize (third-person singular simple present Atticizes, present participle Atticizing, simple past and past participle Atticized)
present singular third person Atticizes · participle present Atticizing · participle past Atticized · past Atticized · alternative Atticise
- Ancient GreekintransitiveTo side with the Athenians.
- Ancient GreekintransitiveTo use or convert to Attic Greek, or the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀττικίζω, ἐξᾰττικίζω
- ἀττικίζω (attikízō)side with the Athenians
- ἐξᾰττικίζω (exăttikízō)use the Attic idiom or style
French atticiser
- atticiseruse the Attic idiom or style
Greek αττικίζω
- αττικίζω (attikízo)use the Attic idiom or style
Italian atticizzare
- atticizzareuse the Attic idiom or style
Latin atticisso
- atticissouse the Attic idiom or style
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APA
Atticize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atticize
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“Atticize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atticize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Atticize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atticize.
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