quaint

(kwānt)
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. Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange: quaint dialect words. See synonyms at strange.
3. 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.

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adjective

1. Agreeably curious, especially in an old-fashioned or unusual way: funny, odd. See usual/unusual.
2. 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.

adj

Definition: old-fashioned
Antonyms: current, modern, new, new-fangled, up-to-date

adj

Definition: strange, odd
Antonyms: common, conventional, normal, ordinary, regular, usual

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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• Special, Bright, Skillful, or Unusual

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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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