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Synonyms for antic

Grammar : Noun
Spell : an-tik
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn tɪk


Définition of antic

Origin :
  • 1520s, "grotesque or comical gesture," from Italian antico "antique," from Latin antiquus "old" (see antique). Originally (like grotesque) a 16c. Italian word referring to the strange and fantastic representations on ancient murals unearthed around Rome (especially originally the Baths of Titus, rediscovered 16c.); later extended to "any bizarre thing or behavior," in which sense it first arrived in English. As an adjective in English from 1580s, "grotesque, bizarre."
  • noun funny act
Example sentences :
  • "I recall one antic, just before you left us—" He broke off to meditate.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • I spoke to her, and she complained about the antic behaviour of the land.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Snark » by Jack London
  • A sample, a fair sample, of the antic tricks we cut up on the beach of Manatomana.
  • Extract from : « The Red One » by Jack London
  • "I'm paid for my body, not for my voice; so let my body play the antic," she muttered, angrily.
  • Extract from : « Sylvia & Michael » by Compton Mackenzie
  • The situation seemed, in antic irony, to be reversing itself.
  • Extract from : « Satan Sanderson » by Hallie Erminie Rives
  • From the sublime to the arabesque is but a semitone in his antic mind.
  • Extract from : « Ivory Apes and Peacocks » by James Huneker
  • I had to humor that antic creature to worm his secret from him.
  • Extract from : « A Maid of the Kentucky Hills » by Edwin Carlile Litsey
  • Base, antic awakener of her heart's dumb cry of infinite loss!
  • Extract from : « Kincaid's Battery » by George W. Cable
  • Nor has rathest been so long out of use, that it would be playing the antic to attempt to revive it.
  • Extract from : « English Past and Present » by Richard Chevenix Trench
  • They stamp and jump, and use the most antic gestures for several hours, till they are heartily weary.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on the Art of Dancing » by Giovanni-Andrea Gallini

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