| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·tic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n t k |
| NOUN: | 1. A ludicrous or extravagant act or gesture; a caper. 2. Archaic A buffoon, especially a performing clown. | | ADJECTIVE: | Ludicrously odd; fantastic. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Italian antico, ancient (used of grotesque designs on some ancient Roman artifacts), from Latin ant quus, former, old. See ant- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | anti·cal·ly —ADVERB
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