ANTIC

Old; antique. (Zoöl.)

"Lords of antic fame." Phaer.

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.

A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.

An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure. Woven with antics and wild imagery. Spenser.

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.

A grotesque representation. [Obs.]

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

To make appear like a buffoon. [Obs.] Shak.

To perform antics.