Atticism

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They have, it seems, a certain Urbanitas, or Atticism, in their Language, of which the common Ears are ever sensible, though only their great Speakers attain to it.

From The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Part I, Part II by Colden, Cadwallader

We need not accept literally Pliny’s praises of his Atticism, and of the grace and sweetness of his Greek epigrams.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

The strong and sprightly eloquence of this father, if we may trust tradition, drew its support from the vigorous and masculine Atticism of the old comedian.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 by Various

Atticism, a pure and refined style of expression in any language, originally the purest and most refined style of the ancient literature of Greece.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

Her models are Thucydides, Polybius and Xenophon, and her style exhibits the striving after Atticism characteristic of the period, with the result that the language is highly artificial.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various