atticisme

• Atticisme (superseded)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀττῐκῐσμός (attikismós). Equivalent to Attica +‎ -isme.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.tiˈsɪs.mə/
• Hyphenation: at‧ti‧cis‧me
• Rhymes: -ɪsmə

atticisme n (plural atticismes)

1. (uncountable) A rhetorical and subsequently grammatical movement of the Hellenistic and Roman periods that favoured the Attic rhetorical style and language over the Ancient Greek rhetoric or language of Asia Minor.
2. (countable) An Atticism, an Ancient Greek linguistic phenomenon particular to Attic Greek.

• (rhetorical and grammatical movement): asianisme

• atticist
• atticistisch

Learned borrowing from Latin atticismus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀττῐκῐσμός (attikismós).

• IPA^(key): /a.ti.sism/, /a.ti.sizm/

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atticisme m (plural atticismes)

1. Atticism

   Coordinate term: asianisme

• “atticisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.