quaintrelle
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quaintrelle
- /kweɪnˈtɹɛl/ US, UK
- [-ˈtʃɹɛl] US, UK
Rhymes with -ɛl
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Middle English queyntrelle (“person of fashion”), from Middle French cointerelle, from Middle French cointerel (“vain”) + -elle, -ele (suffix forming feminine diminutive nouns), possibly influenced by quaint. Cointerel is derived from cointe (“clever, intelligent; quaint”), from Latin cognitus (“known, recognized; acknowledged, noted”), the perfect passive participle of cōgnōscō (“to be acquainted (with), recognize; to learn; to know”), from con- (prefix meaning ‘with’) + (g)nōscō (“to know, recognize”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”) + *-sḱéti (suffix forming durative or iterative imperfective verbs from roots)).
noun quaintrelles
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A woman who is focused on style and leisurely pastimes.
It folweth nouht that thouh j be thus kembt and a litel make the queyntrelle that for swich cause j am fair
Similar: dandizette, dandyess, dudelet, quaintrelle · Opposite: barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy, dike, dood, dude, dudelet
Translations
Talk about this word "quaintrelle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/quaintrelle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. quaintrelle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/quaintrelle "quaintrelle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/quaintrelle.Cite this
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title = {quaintrelle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quaintrelle},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
