6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. Old as respects the present age, or a modern period of
time; of old fashion; antiquated; as an antique robe.
``Antique words.'' --Spenser.
3. Made in imitation of antiquity; as the antique style of
Thomson's ``Castle of Indolence.''
4. Odd; fantastic. [In this sense written {antic}.]
Syn: Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; old-fashioned;
old See {Ancient}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antic \An"tic\, a. [The same word as antique; cf It antico
ancient. See {Antique}.]
1. Old antique. (Zo["o]l.) ``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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antic \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antic \An"tic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Anticked}, {Antickt}.]
To make appear like a buffoon. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antic \An"tic\, v. i.
To perform antics.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
antic
adj : ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition";
"fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection
in the mirror" [syn: {fantastic}, {fantastical}, {grotesque}]
n : a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
[syn: {joke}, {prank}, {trick}, {caper}]
v : act as or like a clown [syn: {clown}, {clown around}]
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