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English meaning

  • antic noun A piece of foolish, playful or attention-seeking behavior; usually used in the plural.
  • buffoon noun Someone who acts in a silly, clownish way, or who behaves so foolishly that it's almost comical.
  • coxcomb noun The hat worn by a court jester, marked with a red stripe.
  • fool noun A person who acts or thinks without good sense or judgment.
  • harlequin noun A comic pantomime character traditionally dressed in a diamond-patterned, multicoloured costume.
  • jackanapes noun A name once used for an ape or monkey, particularly a tame animal kept to amuse people or as a pet.

Senses

narri is used for these senses in English:

  • antic A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon.
  • buffoon One who performs in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
  • buffoon (pejorative) An unintentionally ridiculous person.
  • court jester A person in colorful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
  • coxcomb (by extension) A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.
  • fool (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
  • fool (literature) A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.
  • fool (tarot, often, capitalized, _, Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.

antic — full definition

  1. noun A piece of foolish, playful or attention-seeking behavior; usually used in the plural.
  2. adjective Grotesque or absurd in an oddly theatrical way.
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