Hypertext Webster Gateway: "antic"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

2. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of
time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe.
``Antique words.'' --Spenser.

3. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of
Thomson's ``Castle of Indolence.''

4. Odd; fantastic. [In this sense, written {antic}.]

Syn: Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; old-fashioned;
old. See {Ancient}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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