\An"tic\, a. [The same word as antique; cf. It. antico
ancient. See {Antique}.]
1. Old; antique. (Zo["o]l.) ``Lords of antic fame.'' --Phaer.
2. Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.
         The antic postures of a merry-andrew. --Addison.
         The Saxons . . . worshiped many idols, barbarous in
         name, some monstrous, all antic for shape. --Fuller.

\An"tic\, n.
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.   --Spenser.
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. --Wordsworth.
4. (Arch.) A grotesque representation. [Obs.]
5. An antimask. [Obs. or R.]
         Performed by knights and ladies of his court In
         nature of an antic.                   --Ford.

\An"tic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Anticked}, {Antickt}.]
To make appear like a buffoon. [Obs.] --Shak.

\An"tic\, v. i.
To perform antics.