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[ adjective ] strange in an interesting or pleasing way
Examples "quaint dialect words" "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities" |
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[ adjective ] attractively old-fashioned
Synonyms Examples "houses with quaint thatched roofs" "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots" |
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[ adjective ] very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance
Examples "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" |
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[ adjective ] attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
Synonyms Examples "houses with quaint thatched roofs" "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots" |
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