antick

Noun (1)

antic (plural antics)

1. (obsolete) A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.
2. A caricature.
3. (in plural, often) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.
   • I'm fed up with your constant antics in class. Please behave yourself!
4. A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon.
   • The Grave-maker, like the professional fools and Falstaff, and like Hamlet himself, is an antic, a grotesque, one who demonstrates to men how foolish and1978, Walter C. Foreman, The Music of the Close: The Final Scenes of Shakespeare’s Tragedies, page 90

Noun (2)

antic (plural antics)

1. (animation) A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping

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Noun

antique (plural antiques)

1. An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance.
2. An object of ancient times.
3. (singular) The style or manner of ancient times, used especially of Greek and Roman art.
4. (derogatory, figuratively, mildly) An old person.

   Synonyms:

   coffin dodger

5. (obsolete) A man of ancient times.
   • They supposed that they had seene those most beutyfull Dryades, or the natyue nymphes or fayres of the fountaynes whereof the antiques spake so muche.1577, Richarde Eden, Richarde Willes, The History of Trauayle in the VVest and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towardes the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes: […], London: Richarde...

   Synonyms:

   ancient

6. A style of type of thick and bold face in which all lines are of equal or nearly equal thickness.

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