quaint
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quaint
- /kweɪnt/
Rhymes with -eɪnt
Where it comes from
From Middle English queynte, quoynte, from Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte and Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing”), from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognōscō (“to know”).
adjective quainter · quaintest
- Of a person: cunning, crafty. But you, my Lord, were glad to be imploy'd, / To shew how queint an Orator you are.
- Cleverly made; artfully contrived. describe races and games, / Or tilting furniture, imblazon'd shields, / Impresses quaint, caparisons and steeds, / Bases and tinsel trappings […].
- Strange or odd; unusual. Till that there entered on the other side / A straunger knight, from whence no man could reed, / In quyent disguise, full hard to be descride […].
- Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim. She, nothing quaint / Nor 'sdeignfull of so homely fashion, / Sith brought she was now to so hard constraint, / Sate downe upon the dusty ground anon […].
- Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm. I admire all that quaint, old-fashioned politeness; it is much more to my taste than modern ease; modern ease often disgusts me.
noun quaints
- The vulva. The rest looked on, horrified, as Clarice trussed up her habit and in open view placed her hand within her queynte[,] crying, ‘The first house of Sunday belongs to the sun, and the second to Venus.’
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: strange, unusual, nonmodern, old-time, bizarre, weird, uncanny, picturesque, odd, calm, cute, quiet, former, scenic, colorful, colourful
Translations
Every language
adj incongruous, inappropriate or illogical
| Français | incongru, inconvenant, malséant, dissonant |
|---|---|
| Italiano | inappropriato, vano |
adj interestingly strange
| Español | curioso |
|---|---|
| Português | curioso |
| Français | remarquable |
| Deutsch | kurios, wunderlich, komisch |
| Italiano | curioso, bizzarro |
| Русский | причудливый pričudlivyj |
adj fastidious
| Español | fastidioso |
|---|---|
| Français | exigeant, délicat |
adj having old-fashioned charm
| Español | pintoresco |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 古色古香的 gǔsègǔxiāng de |
| Português | encanto |
| Français | pittoresque, vieillot |
| Deutsch | pittoresk, malerisch |
| Italiano | caratteristico, pittoresco |
| Русский | старомо́дный staromódnyj |
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