quaint

Definition of Quaint in English :

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Adjective

1. quaint

strange in an interesting or pleasing way

Example Sentences:
'quaint dialect words'
'quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities'

2. quaint

very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance

Example Sentences:
'the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name'
'came forth a quaint and fearful sight'
'a quaint sense of humor'

3. old-time, olde worlde, quaint

attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)

Example Sentences:
'houses with quaint thatched roofs'
'a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Quaint

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adjective

1.

attractively unusual, esp in an old-fashioned style

a quaint village

2.

odd, peculiar, or inappropriate

a quaint sense of duty

Quaint

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adjective

1. Obsolete

clever or skilled

2. Rare

wrought with skill; ingenious

3.

unusual or old-fashioned in a pleasing way

4.

singular; unusual; curious

5.

fanciful; whimsical

Quaint

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adj. quaint·er, quaint·est

1. Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way: "Sarah Orne Jewett ... was dismissed by one critic as merely a New England old maid who wrote quaint, plotless sketches of late 19th-century coastal Maine" (James McManus).

2. Archaic Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange: quaint dialect words.

3. Archaic Cleverly made or done.

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