quaint

English - Turkish

Definition of quaint in English Turkish dictionary

{s} antika

Bu antika bir eski köy. - It's a quaint old village.

{s} eski ve hoş

bir hoş

(eski olduğu için) ilginç

çekici

değişik

{s} ilginç

{s} acayip

quaintnessantikalık

{s} antika, yabansı, acayip, tuhaf

tuhaflık

acayip bir şekilde

acayip hoşluk

quaintlygaripçe

garip

Related Terms

quaintness

tuhaflık

quaintness

değişiklik

quaintly

z. acayip bir şekilde

quaintness

{i} hoşluk

quaintness

{i} antikalık

quaintness

{i} ilginçlik

quaintness

{i} antikalık, acayiplik, tuhaflık

English - English

Definition of quaint in English English dictionary

Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm

Of a person: cunning, crafty

Cleverly made; artfully contrived

Strange or odd; unusual

Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim

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

{a} nice, pretty, subtle, artful, exact, odd

Having old-fashioned charm

Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat

dròl

Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression

Characterized by cleverness or ingenuity; skillfully wrought or artfully contrived

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 )

attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"

curiously beautiful

Strange or odd in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way

Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious

Highly incongruous, inappropriate, or illogical; naive, unreasonable -- usually used ironically

Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily

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

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

strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"

{s} strange, unusual, odd; having charming old-fashioned qualities, strangely charming

Related Terms

quaintly

In a quaint manner; oddly; strangely

quaintly

{a} nicely, prettily, artfully, exactly

quaintness

{n} a petty elegance, nicety, subtility

quaintly

in a quaint old-fashioned manner; "the room was quaintly furnished"

quaintly

In a quaint manner

quaintly

in a strange but not unpleasant manner; "the old lady expressed herself somewhat quaintly"

quaintly

in a quaint old-fashioned manner; "the room was quaintly furnished" in a strange but not unpleasant manner; "the old lady expressed herself somewhat quaintly

quaintly

in a strange but not unpleasant manner; "the old lady expressed herself somewhat quaintly

quaintly

strangely, oddly, unusually

quaintness

the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned; "she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing

quaintness

strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned; "some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness"

quaintness

the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned; "she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing"

quaintness

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

quaintness

The quality of being quaint

quaintness

{i} strangeness, oddness, unusualness; charming old-fashioned quality

Turkish pronunciation

kweynt

Synonyms

bizarre, curious, droll, eccentric, erratic, fanciful, fantastic, freakish, freaky, funny, idiosyncratic, laughable, oddball, offbeat, off the beaten track

Antonyms

common, conventional, regular, usual, current, new, new-fangled, up-to-date

Pronunciation

/ˈkwānt/ /ˈkweɪnt/

Etymology

() From Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte et al., Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing”), from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognoscere (“to know”).