ANTICKING

Verb

anticking

present participle of antic

Source: Wiktionary

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ANTIC

An"tic, a. Etym: [The same word as antique; cf. It. antico ancient. See Antique.]

1. Old; antique. (Zoöl.)

Definition: "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.)

Definition: 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.]

Definition: To make appear like a buffoon. [Obs.] Shak.

An"tic, v. i.

Definition: To perform antics.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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