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quaint
adj. strange, unusual, odd; having charming old-fashioned qualities, strangely charming


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quaint
Adjective
1. strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"
(similar) strange, unusual
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"- Bill Beatty; "came forth a quaint and fearful sight"- Sir Walter Scott; "a quaint sense of humor"
(similar) strange, unusual
3. attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"
(synonym) old-time, olde worlde
(similar) fashionable, stylish



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Quaint
(a.)
Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily.
  
 
(a.)
Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression.
  
 
(a.)
Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About

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quaint
adj.
1. nice
نازک, لطيف, ستھرا, اچھا, باريک, نادر, دلکش,
2. affected
بناوٹي, ساختہ, خيالي, قياسي,
3. unusual
عجيب, انوکھا, نرالا, عجيب وغريب,

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quaint
Synonyms and related words:
absurd, acquaint, amusing, antiquated, antique, archaic, bizarre, curious, droll, eccentric, fanciful, fantastic, freaked out, freaky, funny, hilarious, humorous, idiosyncratic, incongruous, kooky, laughable, ludicrous, odd, oddball, off, off the wall, offbeat, old-fashioned, out, outlandish, passing strange, peculiar, picturesque, present, priceless, queer, quizzical, rich, ridiculous, risible, screaming, singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unearthly, unorthodox, unusual, weird, whimsical, witty, wondrous strange
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.

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