An"tic (&?;), a. [The same word as
antique; cf. It. antico ancient. See Antique.]
1. Old; antique. [Obs.] "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.
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.
An"tic, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Anticked (&?;), Antickt.] To make appear like a
buffoon. [Obs.] Shak.
An"tic, v. i. To perform
antics.
