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Attic salt definition.
Attic salt a shrewd cutting or subtle humor or wit.
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In classical times salt was a frequent metaphor for wit.
Attic salt in american english.
In classical times salt was a frequent metaphor for wit.
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There is the low joke which arises from scurrility and idle conceit.
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Attic salt definition dry delicate wit.
Uncountable idiomatic pointed and delicate wit.
There is the attic salt which springs from the charm in the words from the flash of wit from the spirited and brilliant sally.
Also referred to as attic wit marianne was known to pepper her conversation with a bit of attic salt so she was quite popular at dinner parties.
A calque of latin sāl atticus or sāl atticum.
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Or n refined incisive wit attic salt definition of attic salt by the free dictionary.
Laughing is peculiar to man but all men do not laugh for the same reason.
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Attic salt definition is poignant delicate wit.