Quaint

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. 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).
  • adj. Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange: quaint dialect words. See Synonyms at strange.
  • adj. Cleverly made; artful.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily.
  • adj. Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat.
  • adj. Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • Elegantly.
  • To acquaint; inform; cause to know.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
  • adj. very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance
  • adj. strange in an interesting or pleasing way
  • Equivalent
    fashionable    stylish    strange    unusual   
    Form
    quaintness    quaintly   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    odd    antique    prudent    wise    artful    wily    elegant    graceful    nice    neat   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Paint    Saint    acquaint    complaint    constraint    faint    feint    paint    repaint    restraint   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    picturesque    curious    beautiful    pleasant    fantastic    queer    old-fashioned    amuse