QUAINT
\kwˈe͡ɪnt], \kwˈeɪnt], \k_w_ˈeɪ_n_t]\
Definitions of QUAINT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"
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very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance; "the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name"- Bill Beatty; "came forth a quaint and fearful sight"- Sir Walter Scott; "a quaint sense of humor"
By Princeton University
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attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily.
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Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat.
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Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression.
By Oddity Software
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Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily.
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Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat.
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Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression.
By Noah Webster.
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Pleasingly old-fashioned; curious and fanciful; not expressed or shown in the usual way; as, quaint speech; odd.
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Quaintly.
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Quaintness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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