Antic
['æntɪk]
Definition
(noun.) a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement.
(adj.) ludicrously odd; 'Hamlet's assumed antic disposition'; 'fantastic Halloween costumes'; 'a grotesque reflection in the mirror' .
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Definition
(a.) Old; antique.
(a.)
(a.) Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.
(n.) A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
(n.) An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure.
(n.) A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.
(n.) A grotesque representation.
(n.) An antimask.
(v. t.) To make appear like a buffoon.
(v. i.) To perform antics.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Odd, fantastic, grotesque, wild, ridiculous.
n. [1]. Prank, trick, freak, gambol, caper, vagary.[2]. Buffoon, fool, merry-andrew, scaramouch, mountebank, harlequin, punch, clown, zany, jester, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.
Editor: Wallace
Definition
adj. grotesque: odd: ridiculous in shape dress &c.—n. a fantastic or ancient figure caricaturing or combining grotesquely animal or vegetable forms or both together: (Shak.) a grotesque pageant: a buffoon clown mountebank: a trick mostly in pl.—v.t. (Shak.) to make grotesque.—v.i. An′ticize (Browning) to play antics.
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Examples
- You'll be walking in your sleep next, my woman, and playing the whole round of your distempered antics. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Jane had been watching his antics in mild-eyed surprise. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- What antics might you be up to, hey? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- What will our friends think of us, who may chance to be upon the street and witness our frivolous antics? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- No use; nothing but queer chairs danced before his eyes, kicking up their legs, jumping over each other's backs, and playing all kinds of antics. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A feeling of repulsion, and of something akin to fear had begun to rise within me at the strange antics of this fleshless man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The antics of the lad did not, however, delight Mr. Osborne's friends so much as they pleased the old gentleman. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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