antic, also (obsolete) antick, anticke or sometimes antique /anˈtik/

1. (usu in pl) an extraordinary action or trick, a caper
2. An extraordinary figure or ornament (obsolete)
3. A grotesque pageant (Shakespeare)
4. A buffoon, clown, mountebank (archaic)

Grotesque, fantastic

To make grotesque

To cut capers

—See also antique

anticize /antˈi-sīz/ intransitive verb (Browning)

To play antics

antique /an-tēkˈ or formerly anˈtik/ (and sometimes written antick, now obsolete)

1. Ancient
2. Of a good old age, olden (now archaic or rhetorical in a good sense)
3. (of articles or furniture) made in an earlier period and sought by collectors
4. Relating to, or dealing in, antiques
5. Old-fashioned
6. Having an air of bygone times
7. After the manner of the ancients

1. Anything very old
2. An old relic
3. A piece of old furniture or other object sought by collectors
4. A type of thick and bold face with lines of equal thickness (printing)

To alter the appearance of (wood, leather, etc) so that it seems very old

To collect or shop for antiques

—See also antic

antiquate /anˈti-kwāt/ transitive verb

1. To make antique, old or obsolete
2. To put out of use

anˈtiquated adjective

antiquāˈtion noun

antiqueˈly adverb

antiqueˈness noun

antiquitarian /an-tik-wi-tāˈri-ən/ noun

A person attached to old ways or beliefs

antiqˈuity noun

1. Ancient times, esp the times of the ancient Greeks and Romans
2. Great age
3. Old age, seniority (Shakespeare)
4. Ancient style
5. The people of ancient times
6. (now usu in pl) a relic of the past
7. (in pl) manners, customs, etc of ancient times

the antique

1. Ancient work in art
2. The style of ancient art

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