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   quaint

   /kweɪnt/

   adjective

   • 1. attractively unusual or old-fashioned: "quaint country cottages" Similar picturesquecharmingsweetattractivepleasantly old-fashionedold-fashionedold-worldtoytowncunninginformal:tweearty-craftyarchaic:oldeolde worldeunusualdifferentout of the ordinaryout of the wayunfamiliarcuriouseccentricquirkybizarrezanywhimsicalfancifulidiosyncraticunconventionaloutlandishoffbeatoff-centreoutréOpposite modernuglynormalordinary

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French cointe, from Latin cognitus ‘ascertained’, past participle of cognoscere. The original sense was ‘wise, clever’, also ‘ingenious, cunningly devised’, hence ‘out of the ordinary’ and the current sense (late 18th century).

   Derivatives

   • 1. quaintness noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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   QUAINT definition: 1. attractive because of being unusual and especially old-fashioned: 2. Quaint can also be used to…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of QUAINT is pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar. How to use quaint in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Quaint.

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5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishQUAINT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Something that is quaint is attractive because it is unusual and old-fashioned. ...a small, quaint town with narrow streets. That's how concepts like general welfare start to sound quaint in this age.

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   Quaint definition: having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque. See examples of QUAINT used in a sentence.

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   very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance. “"the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name"- Bill Beatty” “"came forth a quaint and fearful sight"- Sir Walter Scott” “a quaint sense of humor” synonyms: strange, unusual.

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   1. having an old-fashioned charm; oddly picturesque: a quaint old house. 2. peculiar or unusual in an interesting or amusing way: a quaint sense of humor. 3. skillfully or cleverly made. 4. Obs. wise; skilled.