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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Antickadjective
Odd; ridiculously wild; buffoon in gesticulation.
Etymology: probably from antiquus, ancient, as things out of use appear old.
What! dares the slave
Come hither cover’d with an antick face,
And fleer and scorn at our solemnity? William Shakespeare, Rom. & Jul.Of all our antick fights, and pageantry,
Which English idiots run in crouds to see. Dryden.The prize was to be conferred upon the whistler, that could go through his tune without laughing, though provoked by the antick postures of a merry Andrew, who was to play tricks. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 179.
Anticknoun
Within the hollow crown,
That rounds the mortal temples of a king,
Keeps death his court; and there the antick sits,
Scoffing his state. William Shakespeare, Richard II.If you should smile, he grows impatient. ——
Fear not, my lord, we can contain ourselves,
Were he the veriest antick in the world. William Shakespeare, Tam. Shr.A work of rich entail, and curious mold,
Woven with anticks, and wild imagery. Fairy Queen, b. ii.For ev’n at first reflection she espies
Such toys, such anticks, and such vanities,
As she retires and shrinks for shame and fear. John Davies.To Antickverb
To make anticks.
Etymology: from antick.
Mine own tongue
Splits what it speaks; the wild disguise hath almost
Antickt us all. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of antick in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of antick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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