Definition for AN-TIQUE'

AN-TIQUE', a. [antee'k; Fr. from L. antiquus, probably from ante.]

  1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity in this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome; as an antique statue.
  2. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion, as an antique robe.
  3. Odd; wild; fanciful; more generally written antic.

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