The meaning of QUAINT is pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar. How to use quaint in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Quaint.

QUAINT definition: 1. attractive because of being unusual and especially old-fashioned: 2. Quaint can also be used to…. Learn more.

QUAINT definition: having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque. See examples of quaint used in a sentence.

Quaint means strange and unusual in an old-fashioned and charming way. It's a word you'd use to describe a little store that sells tea cozies and antique tea services, or your grandmother's …

1. attractively unusual, esp in an old-fashioned style: a quaint village. 2. odd, peculiar, or inappropriate: a quaint sense of duty.

Definition of quaint adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Something that is quaint is attractive because it is unusual and old-fashioned. ...a small, quaint town with narrow streets. That's how concepts like general welfare start to sound quaint in this …

quaint′ly, adv. quaint′ness, n. 1. antiquated, archaic. 2. curious, uncommon. 2. ordinary.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English quaint /kweɪnt/ adjective unusual and attractive, especially in an old-fashioned way a quaint little village in Yorkshire Examples from …

Quaint definition: Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way.