atticky

English

Etymology

From attic +‎ -y.

Adjective

atticky (comparative more atticky, superlative most atticky)

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of an attic.
   • 1922, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Rough-hewn:

     […] 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 […]

   • 1998, Maeve Brennan, The Springs of Affection: Stories of Dublin:

     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 […]

   • 2008, Melissa J Delbridge, Family Bible:

     You'd think it might hold the scent of smoke, or an atticky perfume of mouse and moth-wing.

Synonyms

• atticlike