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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Antic \An"tic\, v. i. To perform antics. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Antic \An"tic\ ([a^]n"t[i^]k), a. [The same word as antique; cf. It. antico ancient. See {Antique}.] 1. Old; antique. (Zool.) "Lords of antic fame." --Phaer. [1913 Webster] 2. Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous. [1913 Webster] The antic postures of a merry-andrew. --Addison. [1913 Webster] The Saxons . . . worshiped many idols, barbarous in name, some monstrous, all antic for shape. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Antic \An"tic\, n. 1. A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play. [1913 Webster] 2. An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure. [1913 Webster] Woven with antics and wild imagery. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper. [1913 Webster] And fraught with antics as the Indian bird That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) A grotesque representation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 5. An antimask. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster] Performed by knights and ladies of his court In nature of an antic. --Ford. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Antic \An"tic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Anticked}, {Antickt}.] To make appear like a buffoon. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Antique \An*tique"\, a. [F., fr. L. antiquus old, ancient, equiv. to anticus, from ante before. Cf. {Antic}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome. [1913 Webster] For the antique world excess and pride did hate. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe. "Antique words." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence." [1913 Webster] 4. Odd; fantastic. [In this sense, written {antic}.] [1913 Webster] Syn: Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; old-fashioned; old. See {Ancient}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: antic adj 1: ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror" [syn: {antic}, {fantastic}, {fantastical}, {grotesque}] n 1: a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement [syn: {antic}, {joke}, {prank}, {trick}, {caper}, {put-on}] v 1: act as or like a clown [syn: {clown}, {clown around}, {antic}]