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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