Quaint

Word QUAINT
Character 6
Hyphenation quaint
Pronunciations /kweɪnt/

Definitions and meanings of "Quaint"

What do we mean by quaint?

Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way. adjective

Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange. adjective

Cleverly made or done. adjective

To acquaint; inform; cause to know.

Elegantly.

Known; familiar.

Artful; clever; cunning; crafty; wily.

Artificial; ingenious; elaborate; curious; pretty; elegant; fine.

Fanciful; odd; whimsical: as, a quaint phrase; a quaint talker.

Odd and antique; old-fashioned; curious; odd in any way.

Affectedly nice; squeamish; prim.

= Syn.5. Old, Antique, etc. See ancient.

Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily. adjective

Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat. adjective

Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual adjective

Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic) adjective

Very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance adjective

Strange in an interesting or pleasing way adjective

Of a person: cunning, crafty.

Cleverly made; artfully contrived.

Strange or odd; unusual.

Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim.

Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm.

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The word "quaint" in example sentences

She confesses to Hicks in a letter in 1943 that she had abandoned what you call my 'quaint virginity cult' some time ago & haven't regretted it for one second. ❋ Martin Rubin (2011)

PILGRIM: Bill, Bush nominee Alberto Gonzales is in the spotlight because of a memo he wrote to his White House legal counsel talking about new definitions of torture and the Geneva Convention provisions which he called quaint and talking about special people for war on terror, special rules for war on terror. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Instead, he characterizes what, from the Palestinian point of view is the Israeli land grab, in quaint Israeli partisan terms, ie: family expansion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Elizabeth McCutchen and a friend were walking to book club two weeks ago in quaint Farmville, Virginia, when they strolled by a home on First Avenue. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The story starts off in quaint fashion, as Vlad's English teacher gets offed by a mysterious vampire hunting Vlad. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Covert, they read, in quaint carved letters under the eave of the porch. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The crumbling downtown building represents everything old and quaint from a simpler, slower time. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Who that has known a man quick and shrewd to see dispassionately the inner history, the reason and the ends, of the combinations of society, and at the same time eloquent to tell of them, with a hold on the attention gained by a certain quaint force and sagacity resident in no other man, can find it difficult to understand why men still resort to Montesquieu? ❋ Unknown (2006)

You remind me of certain quaint folks I have met who assume H. P.Lovecraft's "Necronomicon" must really exist, or, similarly for Tolkein's "Red Book of Westermarch". ❋ Unknown (2006)

Spring training was in quaint little Florida and Arizona towns then. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The middle school, like Ingrid herself, is normal and typical .... tho, like Veronica Mars, I think that she may find mysteries aplenty to investigate in quaint-sounding Echo Falls. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Spend weekend wandering rug shops in quaint nearby shopping area. ❋ Unknown (2005)

This is a common error that just sounds like something quaint from a 1930's movie. ❋ Unknown (2002)

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