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quaint (kw

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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.

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

quaintly adv.

quaintness n.

quaint [kweɪnt]

adj

1. attractively unusual, esp in an old-fashioned style a quaint village

2. odd, peculiar, or inappropriate a quaint sense of duty

[C13 (in the sense: clever): from Old French cointe, from Latin cognitus known, from cognoscere to ascertain]

quaintly adv

quaintness n

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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"

quaint

adjective

1. unusual, odd, curious, original, strange, bizarre, fantastic, old-fashioned, peculiar, eccentric, queer, rum (Brit. slang), singular, fanciful, whimsical, droll When visiting restaurants, be prepared for some quaint customs.
unusual normal, ordinary

2. old-fashioned, charming, picturesque, antique, gothic, old-world, antiquated Whisky-making is treated as a quaint cottage industry.
old-fashioned new, modern, fashionable, up-to-date

Translations

quaint [kweɪnt] ADJ (quainter (compar) (quaintest (superl)))

1. (= picturesque) [building, street, village] → pintoresco

2. (= odd) [custom, notion] → curioso; [person] → peculiar, poco corriente
how quaint! → ¡qué curioso!

quaint [ˈkweɪnt] adj

(= old-fashioned) [word, phrase, concept, idea] → désuet/ète; [charm] → désuet/ète; [custom] → désuet/ète

[cottage, village, shop] → pittoresque
a quaint little cottage → un petit cottage pittoresque

quaint

adj (+er) (= picturesque) cottage, village, scene → malerisch, idyllisch; (= charmingly old-fashioned) pub, custom, expression → urig, reizend; (= pleasantly odd) idea → kurios, schnurrig, putzig; nickname → originell; person, way of speaking → drollig; how quaint to live in such an old house → das ist ja urig, in so einem alten Haus zu wohnen; what a thought, my dear, how quaint! → nein so was, meine Liebe, wie originell!

quaint [kweɪnt] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (odd) → strano/a, bizzarro/a; (picturesque) → pittoresco/a; (old-fashioned) → antiquato/a e pittoresco/a

quaint

adj quaint [kweint]

pleasantly odd or strange, especially because of being old-fashioned quaint customs. ouwêrelds, sonderling جَذّاب لِقِدَمِه отживял se starobylým půvabem løjerlig wunderlich γραφικός, ιδιότυπος raro, singular; pintoresco (vanamoeliselt) veider شگفت انگیز؛ قشنگ vanhanaikainen au charme vieillot מוּזָר अजीब, अनुठा starinski, čudan furcsa aneh sérkennilegur, skemmtilega gamaldags originale, curioso 風変わりな 진기한, 별난 keistas, savotiškas dīvains; savāds aneh tetapi menarik grappig ouderwets snodig, kuriøs, gammeldags osobliwy singular neobişnuit причудливый starobylý, starodávny starinski starinski lustig, pittoresk, kuriös น่าดึงดูดแบบแปลก ๆ tuhaf ve hoş (尤指因過時而顯得)奇特的，古趣盎然的 привабливий старовиною انوکھا ، قدیم وضع کا kỳ quặc 古怪的，离奇有趣的

adv quaintly

ouwêreldsagtig بِجاذِبِيَّه لِغَرابَتِه отиживяло malebně løjerligt wunderlich γραφικά, ιδιότυπα de forma rara/singular; de forma pintoresca omapäraselt بطور جالب omaleimaisesti d'une fac{#U11}on pittoresque בְּצוּרָה מוּזָרָה अनोखेपन से privlačno jednostavno furcsán secara aneh sérkennilega in maniera originale/curiosa 風変わりに 별나게 keistai, savotiškai dīvaini; savādi aneh tetapi menarik grappig ouderwets snodig, kuriøst osobliwie singularmente (în mod) neobişnuit причудливо malebne slikovito starinski lustigt, pittoreskt, kuriöst อย่างฉลาด tuhaf şekilde 古怪地，古雅別致 чудернацьки نادرانہ انداز میں một cách kỳ quặc 古怪地，古雅别致

n quaintness

ouwêreldsheid, sonderlingheid جاذبِيَّة الشّيء لِقِدَمِه отживелица půvab starého løjerlighed die Wunderlichkeit γραφικότητα, ιδιοτυπία rareza, singularidad; carácter pintoresco omapära غیر عادی بودن مطلوب outouden viehätys caractère vieillot מוּזָרוּת अनोखापन, अनूठापन privlačna jednostavnost fur(cs)aság keanehan það að vera sérkennilegur curiosità, stranezza 風変わり 별남 keistumas, savotiškumas dīvainība; savādums aneh tetapi menarik grappige ouderwetsheid snodighet osobliwość singularidade ciudăţenie причудливость pôvab starého / starodávneho slikovitost zastarelost lustighet, kuriositet ความฉลาด tuhaflık 古怪，離奇有趣 ексцентричність عجوبہ پن tính độc đáo kỳ quặc 古怪，离奇有趣

quaint → طريف starodávný ejendommelig urig ιδιόρυθμος curioso viehättävän erikoinen désuet osebujan pittoresco 古風で趣のある 별나고 아름다운 apart pittoresk osobliwy fora do comum, incomum причудливый pittoresk แบบโบราณ ilginç kỳ lạ 离奇有趣的

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