An"tic (#), a. [The same word as antique; cf. It. antico ancient. See Antique.]
1.
Old; antique.
Zool. "Lords of
antic fame."
Phaer.
2.
Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.
The antic postures of a merry-andrew.
Addison.
The Saxons . . . worshiped many idols, barbarous in name, some monstrous, all antic for shape.
Fuller.
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An"tic, n.
1.
A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
2.
An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure.
Woven with antics and wild imagery.
Spenser.
3.
A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.
And fraught with antics as the Indian bird
That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage.
Wordsworth.
4. Arch.
A grotesque representation.
[Obs.]
5.
An antimask.
[Obs. or R.]
Performed by knights and ladies of his court
In nature of an antic.
Ford.
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An"tic, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anticked (#), Antickt.]
To make appear like a buffoon.
[Obs.]
Shak.
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An"tic, v. i.
To perform antics.
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