| 单词 | antic |
| 释义 | antic —antically, adv. /an"tik/, n., adj., v., anticked, anticking. n. 1. Usually, antics. a. a playful trick or prank; caper. b. a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture. 2. Archaic. a. an actor in a grotesque or ridiculous presentation. b. a buffoon; clown. 3. Obs. a. a grotesque theatrical presentation; ridiculous interlude. b. a grotesque or fantastic sculptured figure, as a gargoyle. adj. 4. ludicrous; funny. 5. fantastic; odd; grotesque: an antic disposition. v.i. 6. Obs. to perform antics; caper. [1520-30; earlier antike, antique < It antico ancient ( < L anticus, antiquus; see ANTIQUE), appar. taken to mean "grotesque," as used in descriptions of fantastic figures found in Roman ruins] |
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