antic(k (in old edd. “a'ntick” or “a'ntique” in all uses) adj. fantastic, grotesque, ludicrous Rom. I. v. 60, II. iv. 30, Ham. I. v. 172 “To put an antic disposition on,” Sonn. xix. 10. sb.
1.
grotesque entertainment
LLL. V. i. 122
“pageant, or antick, or
fire-work.”
2.
burlesque performer,
buffoon, merry-andrew Ado III. i.
63,
R2 III. ii. 162
“the antick
[Death],”
Troil. V. iii. 86
“Like witless
anticks.”
