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quaintness Definition


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quaint
adj
    quainter, quaintest
    1. Old-fashioned, strange or unusual especially in a charming, pretty or dainty, etc way.
      Thesaurus: charming, picturesque, old-fashioned; unusual, odd, eccentric, weird, droll, absurd, whimsical.
Derivative: quaintly
adverb
    Derivative: quaintness
    noun
      Etymology: 18c;13c, meaning ‘skilful', ‘clever' or ‘sly': from French cointe, from Latin cognitum known.



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