Attic salt

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈatɪk sɔːlt/|/ˈatɪk sɒlt/    美 /ˈætɪk sɑlt/|/ˈætɪk sɔlt/|/-ɾɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Pointed and delicate wit. idiomatic,uncountable
    — His [Lucan's] wit, ſays Ablancourt, was full of urbanity, that Attic ſalt which the French call fine raillery; not obſcene, not groſs, not rude, but facetious, well-mannered, and well-bred.

词源

Attic + salt; a calque of Latin sāl Atticus or sāl Atticum. In classical times “salt” was a frequent metaphor for “wit”.
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