Antic /(ăn"tĭk)/

1. Old; antique. (Zool.)
2. Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.

   The antic postures of a merry-andrew.

   The Saxons . . . worshiped many idols, barbarous in name, some monstrous, all antic for shape.

1. A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
2. An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure.

   Woven with antics and wild imagery.

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.

4. A grotesque representation. (Arch.) [Obs.]
5. An antimask. [Obs. or R.]

   Performed by knights and ladies of his court In nature of an antic.

imp. & p. p. Anticked

1. To make appear like a buffoon. [Obs.]

1. To perform antics.