quaint
adj.
strange, unusual, odd; having charming old-fashioned qualities, strangely charming
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
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
quaint
adj.
1. nice
نازک, لطيف, ستھرا, اچھا, باريک, نادر, دلکش,
2. affected
بناوٹي, ساختہ, خيالي, قياسي,
3. unusual
عجيب, انوکھا, نرالا, عجيب وغريب,
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.