antic
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Etymology 1
Probably from Italian antico (“ancient, fanciful”), used to describe ancient wall paintings from classical times, from Latin antiquus (“venerable”)[1]. See also grottesco (“grotesque”). Doublet of antique.
Adjective
antic (comparative more antic, superlative most antic)
- Playful, funny, absurd
- (architecture, art) Grotesque, incongruous.
- 2004, John Chase, Glitter Stucco and Dumpster Diving: Reflections on Building Production in the Vernacular city, page 58:
- The amusement park environment of seaside resorts such as Venice and the antic eclecticism of Greene & Greene's pre-Craftsman work all preceded the establishment of the movie colony in Hollywood.
- (archaic) Grotesque, bizarre
- 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod:
- a fourth would fondly kiss and paw his companions, and sneer in their faces, with a countenance more antic than any in a Dutch droll.
- 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet:
- As I perchance hereafter shall think meet / To put an antic disposition on.
- 1591-1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet:
- Fetch me my rapier, boy. What dares the slave / Come hither, cover'd with an antic face, To fleer and scorn at our solemnity?
- Obsolete form of antique.
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Noun
antic (plural antics)
- (architecture, art, obsolete) A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.
- A caricature.
- (often in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, Book the sixth
- And fraught with antics as the Indian bird / That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage.
- 1908, H. G. Wells, The War in the Air, chapter IX, section 7
- I've 'ad about enough of you and your antics. I been thinking you over, you and your war and your Empire and all the rot of it. Rot it is! […] And all for nothin'. Jest silly prancing! Jest because you've got the uniforms and flags! Then you get […] all your silly fleet smashed up to rags. And you want to go on prancin' now! Look at the mischief you done! Look at the way you smashed up New York — the people you killed, the stuff you wasted. Can't you learn?
- 1953, John Christopher, Blemish:
- I saw the barren horror of your people's leisure with the million entertained by the antics of a tiny few […]
- 2007, Jeph Jacques, Time To Add A Cute Kid To The Cast Questionable Content Number 951
- Pintsize: Wait, don’t you want to know why I’m tied up and hanging from the ceiling? / Faye: Not really. Nighty night! / Pintsize: Shit! My wacky antics have jumped the shark!
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, Book the sixth
- A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon.
- 1978, Walter C. Foreman, The Music of the Close: The Final Scenes of Shakespeare's Tragedies, page 90:
- 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 and
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Verb
antic (third-person singular simple present antics, present participle anticking, simple past and past participle anticked)
- (intransitive) To perform antics, caper.
- 1917, Jack London, Jerry of the Islands, page 54:
- Jerry no more than cocked a contemptuous quizzical eye at the mainsail anticking above him. He knew already the empty windiness of its threats,
- (obsolete) To make a fool of, to cause to look ridiculous.
- c. 1603–1607 William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene VII:
- Gentle lords, let's part; / You see we have burnt our cheeks: strong Enobarb / Is weaker than the wine; and mine own tongue / Splits what it speaks: the wild disguise hath almost / Antick'd us all.
- 1964, Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts:
- Whether one's surroundings were anticked up or not, one often felt one was living in another century at Roque.
- 1982, The Picturesque Tour, page 25:
- Surtees became a friend of Walter Scott and played a very "anticking" joke upon the author.
- c. 1603–1607 William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene VII:
- (transitive, rare) To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, page 70:
- She unfastened her dress, her arms arched thin and high, her shadow anticking her movements.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, page 70:
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Etymology 2
From anticipation.
Noun
antic (plural antics)
- (animation) A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping
References
- ^ Funk, W. J., Word origins and their romantic stories, New York, Wilfred Funk, Inc.
- OED 2nd edition 1989
- “antic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “antic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 150: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., from Latin antīquus (variant antīcus).
Pronunciation
Adjective
antic (feminine antiga, masculine plural antics, feminine plural antigues)
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Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin antīquus. Compare the inherited antive (from the Latin feminine antīqua, which influenced the masculine equivalent form antif; compare also the evolution of Spanish antiguo).
Adjective
antic m (oblique and nominative feminine singular antique)
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Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin antīquus (variant antīcus).
Adjective
antic
- ancient; very old
- 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Lancan folhon bosc e jarric
- Anc no vitz ome tan antic
- I've never seen a man so old
- Anc no vitz ome tan antic
- 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Lancan folhon bosc e jarric
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French antique, from Latin antiquus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
antic m or n (feminine singular antică, masculine plural antici, feminine and neuter plural antice)
Declension
Noun
antic m (plural antici)
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