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quaint
[kweynt]
adjective
having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque.
a quaint old house.
Synonyms: ,strange, peculiar, or unusual in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way.
a quaint sense of humor.
Synonyms: ,Antonyms:skillfully or cleverly made.
Obsolete.wise; skilled.
quaint
/ ɱɪԳ /
adjective
attractively unusual, esp in an old-fashioned style
a quaint village
odd, peculiar, or inappropriate
a quaint sense of duty
Other Word Forms
- quaintly adverb
- quaintness noun
- ˈܲԳٲԱ noun
- ˈܲԳٱ adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of quaint1
Example Sentences
In our search to find out more, we pull up in Dover's quaint downtown.
Or perhaps you read it yesterday from an incel on X. So quaint.
Port Huron is a manufacturing town of less than 30,000 people with a quaint downtown and lots of retail, offering visitors an enticing opportunity for a day-trip.
Now we come forward to 2020 and it seems almost weird or quaint to believe that anyone could be controlling industry other than shareholders and investors.
In the face of a new enemy, al-Qaeda, the administration argued that the requirements for decent treatment of wartime detainees outlined in the Geneva Conventions had been rendered “quaint.”
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