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1.
strange in an interesting or pleasing way
quaint dialect words
quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities
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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
came forth a quaint and fearful sight
a quaint sense of humor
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attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
houses with quaint thatched roofs
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1. Quaint / Comparitive
quainter
2. Quaint / Superlative
quaintest
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The following are synonyms for 'quaint'. Click on any of them to get both Bibliodata's full list of common definitions and a further set of synonyms.
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quaintly
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fashionable
strange
stylish
unusual
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