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   Antic , a. [The same word as antique; cf. It. antico ancient. See Antique.]
   Old; antique. (Zool.) “Lords of antic fame.”  
   Phaer.
   
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   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.
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   Antic, n.
   A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
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   An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure.
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   Woven with antics and wild imagery.
   Spenser.
   
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   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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   (Arch.) A grotesque representation. [Obs.]
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   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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   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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   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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   Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's “Castle of Indolence.”
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   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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