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quaint

adjective · /kwaynt/

Quaint means charming in an old-fashioned or unusual way. A quaint place or thing feels cozy, special, and a little like it belongs in a storybook.

In a sentence

  • "The village had quaint cottages with blue doors and flower boxes under every window."
  • "Milo found a quaint little teacup painted with tiny rabbits and gold stars."

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Dictionary definition · quaint

adjective

  1. strange in an interesting or pleasing way"quaint dialect words"
  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"
  3. attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)"houses with quaint thatched roofs"

Similar words

old-timeolde worlde

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).