🔤 Atticizing ✨

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athena ki tarz apnana, attic andaz ikhtiyar karna, yunani tareeqe ki naqal karna

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📚verb

atticizing

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DEFINITION

affecting Attic style, conforming to Attic usage, favoring or imitating Athenian customs

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The writer was atticizing in his prose to capture the elegance of classical Greek authors. Scholars in the Renaissance spent years atticizing their Latin to match the style of ancient Athens. Some critics accused the poet of atticizing too much and losing his own unique voice. The professor noted that atticizing was a common practice among intellectuals of that era. By atticizing his speech, the orator hoped to impress the educated members of the audience.

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imitating mimicking