Pixie and Antic

noun

• Folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
  • synonyms: elf, hob, gremlin, pixy, brownie, imp
• Creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas.
  • synonyms: pyxie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata

• (n.) A low creeping evergreen plant (Pyxidanthera barbulata), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring.
• (n.) An old English name for a fairy; an elf.

• (n.) A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.
• (n.) An antimask.
• (a.) Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.
• (v.i.) To perform antics.
• (n.) A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
• (v.t.) To make appear like a buffoon.
• (n.) An odd imagery, device or tracery; a fantastic figure.
• (a.) Old; antique.
• (n.) A grotesque representation.

noun

• A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement.
  • synonyms: joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on

verb

• Act as or like a clown.
  • synonyms: clown, clown around

adjective

• Ludicrously odd.
  • usage: "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"
  • synonyms: fantastic, fantastical, grotesque