quaint
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(kwānt) 
adj., quaint·er, quaint·est.
quaintness quaint'ness n.
adj., quaint·er, quaint·est.
- 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).
- Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange: quaint dialect words. See synonyms at strange.
- Cleverly made; artful.
[Middle English, clever, cunning, peculiar, from Old French queinte, cointe, from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognōscere, to learn. See cognition.]
quaintly quaint'ly adv.quaintness quaint'ness n.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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quaint
adjective
- Agreeably curious, especially in an old-fashioned or unusual way: funny, odd. See usual/unusual.
- Deviating from the customary: bizarre, cranky, curious, eccentric, erratic, freakish, idiosyncratic, odd, outlandish, peculiar, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unnatural, unusual, weird. Slang kooky, screwball. British Slang rum, rummy2. See usual/unusual.
Antonyms by Answers.com:
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quaint
adj
Definition: old-fashioned
Antonyms: current, modern, new, new-fangled, up-to-date
adj
Definition: strange, odd
Antonyms: common, conventional, normal, ordinary, regular, usual
Word Tutor:
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quaintly
IN BRIEF: In a pleasing but old-fashioned manner.
The collector doll was quaintly dressed in a calico dress with a pinafore.
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categories related to 'quaint'
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Quaint
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kunstfærdigt
Nederlands (Dutch)
curieus, eigenaardig en leuk
Français (French)
adj. - pittoresque, d'un charme suranné, bizarre, original
Deutsch (German)
adj. - kurios, malerisch, merkwürdig
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - παράξενος, περίεργος, ιδιόμορφος, ασυνήθιστος, εκκεντρικός, γραφικός, γουστόζικος
Italiano (Italian)
pittoresco, caratteristico, curioso, bizzarro, buffo, eccentrico
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - exótico
Русский (Russian)
эксцентричный, причудливый, странный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - pintoresco, curioso, original
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - lustig, pittoresk, pikant, gammaldags o originell, märklig, kuriös, egenartad, särpräglad
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
古雅的, 奇怪的, 离奇有趣的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 古雅的, 奇怪的, 離奇有趣的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 신기한, 기이한, 신기하여 흥미가 이는
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 古風で趣きのある, 珍奇な
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) غريب, قديم, ذو جاذبيه ساحرة من قدمه
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - מיושן, יוצא-דופן, לא-מוכר, מעניין, מוזר
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