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  1. Attic saltnoun

    Pointed and delicate wit.

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  1. attic salt

    A laconic phrase or laconism is a concise or terse statement, especially a blunt and elliptical rejoinder. It is named after Laconia, the region of Greece including the city of Sparta, whose ancient inhabitants had a reputation for verbal austerity and were famous for their often pithy remarks.

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  1. Attic salt

    pointed and delicate wit.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of attic salt in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of attic salt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of attic salt in a Sentence

  1. Goldoni:

    Laughing is peculiar to man, but all men do not laugh for the same reason. There is the attic salt which springs from the charm in the words, from the flash of wit, from the spirited and brilliant sally. There is the low joke which arises from scurrility and idle conceit.


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