A playful or silly action, joke, or trick, usually done to entertain or amuse others.
From Italian antico (ancient), originally referring to ancient Roman grotesque paintings and sculptures that were whimsical and fantastical. The word evolved to mean any playful, bizarre behavior.
Italian Renaissance artists found these wild, fantastical frescoes from Roman ruins and were so delighted by their strange, imaginative designs that they named them 'antics'—and now the word means any silly playful behavior!
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