ANTIC (2)

An″tic, n. 1. 1. A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
2. 2. An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure.
Woven with antics and wild imagery. Spenser. 3. 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. 4. (Arch.) A grotesque representation.
5. 5. An antimask.
Performed by knights and ladies of his court In nature of an antic. Ford.