Anticlimax

[ Gr.anti, against, and climax, a ladder.] ( Rhet.) A sentence in which the ideas fall or become le important and striking at the close. An'ticly, adv . In an antic manner. An'ticne , n. The state or quality of being antic. Anti-constitutional, a. Opposed to, or against the constitution. An'tic or, n . [Gr. anti , against, and Lat. cor , the heart.] (Farriery.) A sort of quinsy, or preternatural swelling, of a round figure, on a horse's breast, opposite to his heart. Anticos'ti, a large island at the mouth of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, between 49° and 50° N. Lat., and 61° 43' and 64 37' W. Lon. It has an unfavorable soil, not a single good harbor, and is uninhabited. - Discovered in 1535 by Jacques Cartier.