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quaint

[ kweynt ]

adjective

quainter, quaintest.
  1. having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque:

    a quaint old house.

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  2. strange, peculiar, or unusual in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way:

    a quaint sense of humor.

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  3. skillfully or cleverly made.
  4. Obsolete. wise; skilled.


quaint

/ ɱɪԳ /

adjective

  1. attractively unusual, esp in an old-fashioned style

    a quaint village

  2. odd, peculiar, or inappropriate

    a quaint sense of duty

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Derived Forms

  • ˈܲԳٲԱ, noun
  • ˈܲԳٱ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲԳl adverb
  • ܲԳn noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of quaint1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English queinte, from Old French, variant of cointe “clever, pleasing,” from Latin cognitus “learned, known,” past participle of Dzō “to learn, become acquainted”; cognition
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of quaint1

C13 (in the sense: clever): from Old French cointe, from Latin cognitus known, from cognoscere to ascertain
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When they arrive at work in the Country Mart, its to a quaint shopping center hushed by the absence of visitors.

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Yet the glow once cast by our quaint accents, historic buildings and rustic pubs seems to be fading fast.

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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.

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The quaint community, and the trees, drew him to Altadena and he doesn’t want to leave it now.

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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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