Definition of antic

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Antic (n.) A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.

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Anticipant :: Anticipant (a.) Anticipating; expectant; -- with of.
Anticonvulsive :: Anticonvulsive (a.) Good against convulsions.
Anticipated :: Anticipated (imp. & p. p.) of Anticipat.
Knight-errantry :: Knight-errantry (n.) The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme.
Preoccupation :: Preoccupation (n.) Anticipation of objections.
Anticness :: Anticness (n.) The quality of being antic.
Batfish :: Batfish (n.) A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus..
Anticipating :: Anticipating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anticipat.
Parasitical :: Parasitical (a.) Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic.
Tomcod :: Tomcod (n.) A small edible American fish (Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; -- called also frostfish. See Illust. under Frostfish..
Dread :: Dread (n.) Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
Anticly :: Anticly (adv.) Oddly; grotesquely.
Melodrama :: Melodrama (n.) Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's Fidelio..
Gesticulation :: Gesticulation (n.) Antic tricks or motions.
Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation..
Maenad :: Maenad (n.) A frantic or frenzied woman.
Fictional :: Fictional (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, fiction; fictitious; romantic..
Adjutant :: Adjutant (n.) A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits..
Corybantic :: Corybantic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or their rites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance..
Frenetir :: Frenetir (a.) Distracted; mad; frantic; phrenetic.
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