Quaint
WordNet
adjective
(1) Strange in an interesting or pleasing way
"Quaint dialect words"
"Quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"
(2) 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"
(3) Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
"Houses with quaint thatched roofs"
"A vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"
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Etymology
From and < , past participle of
Adjective
- Having old-fashioned charm.
- It's a very quaint village with old-fashioned storefronts.
- Strange or odd in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way.
- came forth a quaint and fearful sight - Sir Walter Scott
- Highly incongruous, inappropriate, or illogical; naive, unreasonable -- usually used ironically.
- of a quaint sense of honesty - Paul Engle
- Characterized by cleverness or ingenuity; skillfully wrought or artfully contrived.
- to show how quaint an orator you are - Shakespeare
- Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious.
- being too quaint and finical in his expression - Roger L'Estrange