Antickt

/ˈæntɪkt/ verb

Definition

Variant archaic past tense of antick; performed foolish or comedic actions.

Etymology

Obsolete or variant spelling of anticked. Represents older spelling conventions where -kt was sometimes used instead of -ed for past tense.

Kelly Says

This archaic spelling is a linguistic fossil—it shows how English spelling used to be much more variable, and old texts might spell the same word multiple different ways on the same page.

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