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Pronunciation : An"tic
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [The same word as antique; cf. It. antico ancient. See Antique.]
Definition : 1. Old; antique. (Zo?l.)

Defn: "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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : An"tic
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.)

Defn: A grotesque representation. [Obs.]

5. An antimask. [Obs. or R.] Performed by knights and ladies of his court In nature of an antic. Ford.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : An"tic
Part of Speech : v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anticked
Definition : Defn: To make appear like a buffoon. [Obs.] Shak.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : An"tic
Part of Speech : v. i.
Definition : Defn: To perform antics.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913