Attic salt



Attic salt

A shrewd, cutting, or subtle humor or wit. 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.
See also: attic, salt

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
NataŠA-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Esfir-Russian
MarikaMAH-ree-kah (Finnish)Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Greek, Finnish, Estonian
VickieVIK-eeEnglish
Agassiz['ægəsi]
York[jɔ:k]