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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
Derived Forms
- ˈܲԳٲԱ, noun
- ˈܲԳٱ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲԳl adverb
- ܲԳn noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of quaint1
Example Sentences
When they arrive at work in the Country Mart, its to a quaint shopping center hushed by the absence of visitors.
Yet the glow once cast by our quaint accents, historic buildings and rustic pubs seems to be fading fast.
Upon arriving at his warehouse in the quaint Polish village of Komorniki, he discovered that a massive chunk of charred rocket debris had crash-landed on his property.
The quaint community, and the trees, drew him to Altadena and he doesn’t want to leave it now.
Her neighborhood, a quaint cul-de-sac where 12 homes once stood, was a tightly bound community that often gathered for margaritas and shared updates on a text chain.
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