The present participle of atticize; the act of writing or speaking in the refined, elegant style characteristic of ancient Athens.
Present participle of atticize, formed by adding -ing. Traces back to Attic + -ize + -ing.
The Roman author Cicero was famous for atticizing—deliberately using older, more elegant Athenian Greek vocabulary to make his writing sound more impressive and authoritative.
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