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
- "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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