quaint

quaint  (kwnt)

adj. quaint·er, quaint·est

1. 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.

2. Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange: quaint dialect words. See Synonyms at strange.

3. Cleverly made; artful.

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[Middle English, clever, cunning, peculiar, from Old French queinte, cointe, from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognscere, to learn; see cognition.]

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quaintly adv.

quaintness n.

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quaint

Adjective

attractively unusual, esp. in an old-fashioned style [Old French cointe, from Latin cognitus known]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	quaint - strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities" strange, unusual - being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"
	2.	quaint - 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" strange, unusual - being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"
	3.	quaint - attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots" old-time, olde worlde fashionable, stylish - being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"

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quaint

adjective 1. unusual, odd, curious, original, strange, bizarre, fantastic, old-fashioned, peculiar, eccentric, queer, rum Brit. (slang) singular, fanciful, whimsical, droll << OPPOSITE ordinary

adjective 2. old-fashioned, charming, picturesque, antique, gothic, old-world, antiquated << OPPOSITE modern

Translations

quaint [kweɪnt] adj → extraño (= picturesque); pintoresco

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quaint [kweɪnt] adj → bizarre (= old-fashioned); désuet/ète (= picturesque); au charme vieillot, pittoresque

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quaint [kweɪnt] adj (house, village) → malerisch;

(ideas, customs) → urig, kurios

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quaint [kweɪnt] adj → bizzarro/a (= old-fashioned); antiquato/a e pittoresco/a