Atticism

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"It is certain," said Phellion, "that the leading article seems to me to be stamped with vigor joined to an atticism which we may seek in vain in the columns of the other public prints."

From The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Balzac, Honoré de

Spell "calvinistic, atticism, gothicism, epicurism, jesuitism, sabianism, socinianism, anglican, anglicism, anglicize, vandalism, gallicism, romanize."

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

These censures can never be just upon a poet, whose style has always been allowed to be perfectly attick, and of an atticism which made him extremely delightful to the lovers of the Athenian taste.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Johnson, Samuel