Atticism

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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

The Atticism which had guided and comprehended, now began to cramp development.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

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

You presuppose your reader to have refinement and educated feeling, artistic acuteness, a fine perception, and a certain Atticism.

From Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 from Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso by Bache, Constance

But let it also be remembered that Lysias claims the merit of Atticism, not so much for his simplicity and want of ornament, as because he has nothing which is either faulty or impertinent.

From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.