antic

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Playful, funny, absurd.

   “My men like Satyres grazing on the lawnes, Shall with their Goate feete daunce an antick hay,”

2. sıfat Grotesque, incongruous.

   “The amusement park environment of seaside resorts such as Venice and the antic eclecticism of Greene & Greene's pre-Craftsman work all preceded the establishment of the movie colony in Hollywood.”

3. sıfat Grotesque, bizarre

   “Fetch me my Rapier Boy, what dares the ſlaue / Come hither, couer'd with an antique face, / To fleere and ſcorne at our Solemnitie?”

4. sıfat Archaic form of antique.
5. isim A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.
6. isim A caricature.
7. isim A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.

   “I'm fed up with your constant antics in class. Please behave yourself!”

8. isim A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon.

   “The Grave-maker, like the professional fools and Falstaff, and like Hamlet himself, is an antic, a grotesque, one who demonstrates to men how foolish and”

9. isim Archaic form of antique.
10. fiil To perform antics, to caper.

    “Jerry no more than cocked a contemptuous quizzical eye at the mainsail anticking above him. He knew already the empty windiness of its threats, but he was careful of the mainsheet blocks, and walked around the traveller instead of over it.”

11. fiil To make a fool of, to cause to look ridiculous.

    “Gentle lords, let's part; / You see we have burnt our cheeks: strong Enobarb / Is weaker than the wine; and mine own tongue / Splits what it speaks: the wild disguise hath almost / Antick'd us all.”

12. fiil To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously.

    “She unfastened her dress, her arms arched thin and high, her shadow anticking her movements.”

13. isim A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping