atticky

adj

atticky

adj

Etymology From attic + -y.

1

Informal Resembling or characteristic of an attic.

  • […] with its nice atticky smell that no other house in the world had! It just fitted all around you, when you went in the door […]1922, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Rough-hewn:
  • She had no intention of giving up her flat, especially since her rent included the three little atticky rooms on the third floor, the top floor of the house […]1998, Maeve Brennan, The Springs of Affection: Stories of Dublin:
1 more example
  • You'd think it might hold the scent of smoke, or an atticky perfume of mouse and moth-wing.2008, Melissa J Delbridge, Family Bible:
Synonyms
atticlike

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