(botany) Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.

Playful, funny, absurd. / (architecture, art) Grotesque, incongruous. / (archaic) Grotesque, bizarre / Obsolete form of antique.

(architecture, art, obsolete) A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle. / A caricature. / (often in the plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.

(intransitive) To perform antics, to caper. / (obsolete) To make a fool of, to cause to look ridiculous. / (transitive, rare) To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously.

(animation) A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping

plural of antic

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antic

The state or quality of being antic.

Opposing cable television.

(botany) Oriented towards the apex. / (botany) Of or pertaining to the surface of a prostrate thallus that is oriented away from the substrate.