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Definition of Quaint |
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Quaint
Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily. Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat. Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression. Related Definitions: Affected, And, Antique, Archaic, Architecture, Art, Artful, As, By, Characterized, Crafty, Curious, Elegant, Expression, Fanciful, Fashioned, Finely, Graceful, Hence, Ingenuity, Neat, Nice, Odd, Or, Prudent, Quaint, Singular, Unusual, Whimsical, Wily, Wise, Wrought |
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Quaint Quotations
Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met where any bar is, or help to half-a-crown. Thomas Hardy The fact is popular art dates. It grows quaint. How many people feel strongly about Gilbert and Sullivan today compared to those who felt strongly in 1890? Stephen Sondheim Being briefed only once is a quaint defense. You're either briefed or not briefed. Mark Davis Medieval justice was a quaint thing. Frederick Pollock |
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Quaint Translations
quaint in Dutch is typisch, curieus, vreemd quaint in Finnish is kummallinen quaint in German is wunderlich, wunderlichen, anheimelnd quaint in Norwegian is eiendommelig, underlig quaint in Swedish is gammalmodig, egen |
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