quaint English

Meaning quaint meaning

What does quaint mean?

Definitions in simple English

quaint Adjective

— If someone is quaint, they are attractively unusual.

quaint

— adjective strange in an interesting or pleasing way quaint dialect words quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities

— adjective 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

— adjective (= old-time) attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic) houses with quaint thatched roofs a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots

Synonyms quaint synonyms

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quaint English » English

queer

odd

curious

strange

peculiar

interesting

grotesque

bizarre

weird

stylish

profitable

pretty

olde worlde

old-time

moneymaking

lucrative

intricate

eerie

eccentric

chic

archaic

wonderful

witty

wise

well groomed

unusual

unsuitable

unorthodox

unapt

trim

trig

tempting

tasty

taking

sui genesis

spruce

spiffy

spicy

sparkish

spark plug

smart

skill

rum

romantic

remarkable

rakish

quizzical

prim

posh

picturesque

Topics quaint topics

What do people use quaint to talk about?

States Quality Type, kind Common

Strange

• What words describe a person who is not like most other people?
  unusual abnormal exceptional aberrant peculiar unnatural eccentric uncommon rare unique odd strange queer quaint original unconventional weird

States Time Aspectual time Age

Old fashioned

• What words describe something that is old fashioned but people still like it?
  quaint old-time of the old school olde worlde

Examples quaint examples

How do I use quaint in a sentence?

Simple sentences

It's a quaint old village.

His accent sounds a little quaint.

Movie subtitles

There is a quaint looking fellow waiting outside the house.

The quaint young man has given me an orchid.

Quaint little maidens.

How could you forget that funny little house. and the suspicious concierge. and that quaint little room?

It's awfully quaint, isn't it?

It's a quaint place, don't you think?

One night a long time ago, my travels took me to a quaint little village.

I remember. How quaint!

It was a week before Christmas and there was a quaint little post office.

Is that your quaint way of indicating dismissal?

Never could understand this quaint habit of making a billboard out of one's torso.

You quaint little thing.

Isn't he quaint?

Isn't this quaint?

And though you are my granddaughter, you're a quaint little thing.

My dear, did you see those quaint types with the Vanderheisens?

One night, a long time ago, my travels took me to a quaint little village.

Quaint, isn't it?

It's a quaint little habit of theirs.

How quaint! Of course I'm happy.

How quaint! Well, well!

A quaint notion of an even quainter nation.

A book on the quaint customs and manners of America.

That's sort of a quaint custom.

It always sounds so quaint, you know, the heather and the peat.

How quaint.

It was a week before Christms and there was a quaint little post offic.

Oh, many quaint ones.

It's so quaint and charming.

Well, we still have that good, old-fashioned quaint plumbing should appeal to a European.

News and current affairs

Kaufman's approach - with speeches on the Senate floor as a central feature - seemed irrelevant or even quaint to critics even a few weeks ago.

The third issue highlighted by Ms. Bonino is the quaint Italian labor law that allows a dismissed worker to go to court and seek reinstatement.

But, for many of those who imagine relaxing in a place that offers a quaint life of undisturbed beauty, there is a strong risk that prices will rise out of reach in future decades.

They will come, give some money to quaint and slightly lunatic looking farmers ploughing behind their mules, and they will leave.

It might not be so bad if there were even a grain of truth to trickle-down economics - the quaint notion that everyone benefits from enriching those at the top.

In short, the pursuit of the collective good looks sadly quaint.

It is quaint that the 1933 World Economic Conference took place in the Geological Museum in London's Kensington, at a time when international cooperation seemed as alien as a fossilized dinosaur.