Definition:
Brief, witty, sometimes epigrammatic style--opposite of the ornate Asiatic style.
Etymology:
From the Greek, "the style of Attica"Examples:
- "Some books are to be tasted. Others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. That is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention."
(Francis Bacon, "Of Studies")
Pronunciation: AT-tik
