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noun
1.
Usually, antics.
a.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
b.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
2.
Archaic.
a.
an actor in a grotesque or ridiculous presentation.
b.
a buffoon; clown.
3.
Obsolete.
a.
a grotesque theatrical presentation; ridiculous interlude.
b.
a grotesque or fantastic sculptured figure, as a gargoyle.
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verb (used without object)
6.
Obsolete. to perform antics; caper.
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Example Sentences
- The dance flows along with the liquid music in one long ripple of antic encounters and near-misses.
- Antic and colleagues probed the activity of neurons in lab dishes one at a time.
- The workshops and rehearsals are antic and oddly entertaining: guards can be spotted peering through a window.
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Word Origin & History
antic
1520s, from It. antico "antique," from L. antiquus "old" (see antique). Originally (like grotesque) referring to the strange and fantastic representations on ancient murals unearthed around Rome, later extended to any bizarre thing or behavior, in which sense it first arrived in English.
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