quaintness

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{n} a petty elegance, nicety, subtility
the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned; "she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing
strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned; "some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness"
the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned; "she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing"
strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned; "some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness" the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned; "she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing
The quality of being quaint
{i} strangeness, oddness, unusualness; charming old-fashioned quality
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Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm
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Of a person: cunning, crafty
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Cleverly made; artfully contrived
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Strange or odd; unusual
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Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim

euerie word did tremble as she spake, / And euerie looke was coy, and wondrous quaint .

quaint
{a} nice, pretty, subtle, artful, exact, odd
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Having old-fashioned charm
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Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat
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Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression
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Characterized by cleverness or ingenuity; skillfully wrought or artfully contrived
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Something that is quaint is attractive because it is unusual and rather old-fashioned. a small, quaint town with narrow streets and traditional half-timbered houses + quaintly quaint·ly This may seem a quaintly old-fashioned idea. + quaintness quaint·ness the quaintness of the rural north. unusual and attractive, especially in an old-fashioned way (cointe , from cognitus )
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attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"
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curiously beautiful
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Strange or odd in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way
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Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious
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Highly incongruous, inappropriate, or illogical; naive, unreasonable -- usually used ironically
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Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily
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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 quaintsense of humor
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strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities" 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 quaintsense of humor
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strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"
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{s} strange, unusual, odd; having charming old-fashioned qualities, strangely charming
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