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   Antic (ănˈtĭk), a. [The same word as antique; cf. It. antico ancient. See Antique.]
   1. Old; antique. (Zool.) “Lords of antic fame.”  Phaer.
   
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   2. Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.
   
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   The antic postures of a merry-andrew. Addison.
   
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   The Saxons . . . worshiped many idols, barbarous in name, some monstrous, all antic for shape. Fuller.
   
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   Antic, n.
   1. A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
   
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   2. An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure.
   
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   Woven with antics and wild imagery. Spenser.
   
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   3. A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.
   
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   And fraught with antics as the Indian bird
   
   That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage. Wordsworth.
   
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   4. (Arch.) A grotesque representation. [Obs.]
   
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   5. An antimask. [Obs. or R.]
   
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   Performed by knights and ladies of his court
   
   In nature of an antic. Ford.
   
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   Antic, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anticked (), Antickt.] To make appear like a buffoon. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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   Antic, v. i. To perform antics.
   
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   Antique (), a. [F., fr. L. antiquus old, ancient, equiv. to anticus, from ante before. Cf. Antic.]
   
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   1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, “an antique statue”. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.
   
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   For the antique world excess and pride did hate. Spenser.
   
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   2. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, “an antique robe”. “Antique words.”  Spenser.
   
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   3. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, “the antique style of Thomson's “Castle of Indolence”.”
   
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   4. Odd; fantastic. [In this sense, written antic.]
   
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   Syn. -- Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; old-fashioned; old. See Ancient.
   
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