ANTIC

AN'TIC, adjective [Latin antiquus.] Odd' fanciful; as, antic tricks.AN'TIC, noun 1. A buffoon or merry Andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations.2. Odd appearance; fanciful figures.3. In architecture, sculpture and painting, such pieces as were made by the ancients; usually written antique, and pronounced anteek, but without any good reason.AN'TIC, verb transitive To make antic

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antic. Antic, n. a buffoon; a. odd, ridiculously wild, &c.

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An″tic (�), a. [[The same word as antique; cf. It. antico ancient. See Antique.]] 1. 1. Old; antique. “Lords of antic fame.” Phaer.
2. 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.