Definition of quaint Quaint
/kwejˈnt/ - [kweynt] - quaint
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What does quaint mean?
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Adjectivequaint, quainter, quaintest |
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| quaint - strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities" | ||
| strange, unusual not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house" | ||
| quaint - 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" | ||
| quaint - attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots" | ||
| old-time, olde worlde | ||
| stylish, fashionable having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- quaint (Adjective)
Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- quaint (a.)
Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily. - quaint (a.)
Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat. - quaint (a.)
Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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quaint
kwānt, adj. unusual: odd: whimsical: (obs.) prim, affectedly nice: fine: (Shak.) clever.—adv. Quaint′ly.—n. Quaint′ness. [O. Fr. coint—L. cognitus, known. Some confusion with L. comptus, neat, is probable.]
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