QUAINT as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • strange in an interesting or pleasing way
   Usage Example(s)
   • quaint dialect words
   • quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities
   Similar To
   • strange (what does strange mean?)
   • unusual (what does unusual mean?)
2. Meaning
   • very strange or unusual
   • odd or even incongruous in character or appearance
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Similar To
   • strange (what does strange mean?)
   • unusual (what does unusual mean?)
3. Meaning
   • attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
   Synonym(s)
   • old-time (what does old-time mean?)
   • olde worlde (what does olde worlde mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • houses with quaint thatched roofs
   • a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots
   Similar To
   • fashionable (what does fashionable mean?)
   • stylish (what does stylish mean?)