quaint
having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque: a quaint old house.
strange, peculiar, or unusual in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way: a quaint sense of humor.
skillfully or cleverly made.
Obsolete. wise; skilled.
Origin of quaint
1Other words for quaint
Opposites for quaint
Other words from quaint
- quaintly, adverb
- quaintness, noun
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How to use quaint in a sentence
Quainter still were the weird pictures hanging on the walls, all of them gifts of pious people.
Katharine Frensham | Beatrice HarradenWhen he had stated his mission of "borrowing fire" he had used a quaint phrase, eloquent of a quainter custom.
A Pagan of the Hills | Charles Neville BuckHow will he laugh at the quaint stories and quainter jests of Maurice Quill!
Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) | Charles LeverA quainter vengeance seems to have sometimes followed the trespass.
Miscellanea | Juliana Horatia EwingI know of no quainter literature than is to be found in these very old New York papers.
Greenwich Village | Anna Alice Chapin
British Dictionary definitions for quaint
/ (kweɪnt) /
attractively unusual, esp in an old-fashioned style: a quaint village
odd, peculiar, or inappropriate: a quaint sense of duty
Origin of quaint
1Derived forms of quaint
- quaintly, adverb
- quaintness, noun
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