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English

Pronunciation

(UK, US)enPR:kwānt,IPA^(key): /kweɪnt/,[kʰweɪ̯nt]
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Rhymes:-eɪnt

Etymology 1

FromMiddle Englishqueynte,quoynte, fromAnglo-Normancointe,queinte andOld Frenchcointe(“pretty, clever, knowing”), fromLatincognitus, past participle ofcognōscō(“I know”).

Adjective

quaint (comparativequainter,superlativequaintest)

(obsolete) Of a person:cunning,crafty.[13th–19th c.]
- 1591 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,(please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  But you, my Lord, were glad to be imploy'd, / To shew howqueint an Orator you are.
(obsolete) Cleverlymade;artfullycontrived.[14th–19th c.]
- 1667,John Milton, “Book IX”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
  describe races and games, / Or tilting furniture, imblazon'd shields, / Impressesquaint, caparisons and steeds, / Bases and tinsel trappings[…].
(now dialectal) Strange or odd;unusual.[from 14th c.]
- 1596,Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IV”, inThe Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC:
  Till that there entered on the other side / A straunger knight, from whence no man could reed, / Inquyent disguise, full hard to be descride[…].
- 1808 February 22,Walter Scott, “Canto Third. The Hostel, or Inn.”, inMarmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. forArchibald Constable and Company, […]; London:William Miller, andJohn Murray,→OCLC, stanza XX,page153:
  Lord Gifford, deep beneath the ground, / Heard Alexander's bugle sound, / And tarried not his garb to change, / But, in his wizard habit strange, / Came forth, aquaint and fearful sight; [...]
- 1924 November 17,Time:
  What none would dispute though many smiled over was the good-humored, necessary, yetquaint omission of the writer's name from the whole consideration.
(obsolete) Overly discriminating or needlesslymeticulous;fastidious;prim.[15th–19th c.]
- 1590,Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, inThe Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC:
  She, nothingquaint / Nor 'sdeignfull of so homely fashion, / Sith brought she was now to so hard constraint, / Sate downe upon the dusty ground anon[…].
Pleasinglyunusual; especially, havingold-fashionedcharm.[from 18th c.]
- 1815 December (indicated as1816), [Jane Austen],Emma: […], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] forJohn Murray,→OCLC:
  I admire all thatquaint, old-fashioned politeness; it is much more to my taste than modern ease; modern ease often disgusts me.
- 1957, Claire Rothrock,Milton Yakus, Allan Jeffrey, “Old Cape Cod”, performed byPatti Page:
  If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air, /Quaint little villages here and there, / You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod.
- 2011 January 31, Ian Sample,The Guardian:
  The rock is a haven for rare wildlife, a landscape where pretty hedgerows andquaint villages are bordered by a breathtaking, craggy coastline.

Synonyms

(overly discriminating): See alsoThesaurus:fastidious

Derived terms

Translations

having old-fashioned charm

Chinese:
Mandarin:古色古香的(gǔsègǔxiāng de)
Czech:starodávný (cs) m,pitoreskní,starobylý (cs) m
Dutch:pittoresk (nl)
Esperanto:pitoreska
French:pittoresque (fr),vieillot (fr)
Georgian:მიმზიდველი(mimzidveli)
German:pittoresk (de)(elevated),malerisch (de)
Italian:caratteristico (it),pittoresco (it)
Portuguese:encanto (pt) m
Russian:старомо́дный (ru) m(staromódnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:staromodan (sh),starinski (sh) m
Spanish:pintoresco (es)
Swedish:pittoresk (sv),gammaldags (sv),sällsam (sv),gammalmodig (sv),ovanlig (sv),sirlig (sv)

interestingly strange

Bulgarian:причудлив (bg)(pričudliv)
Czech:kuriózní,pitoreskní,kouzelný (cs) m,bizarní (cs)
Danish:ejendommelig,kuriøs
Dutch:merkwaardig (nl),typisch (nl)
Esperanto:kurioza
Finnish:erikoinen (fi),outo (fi)
French:remarquable (fr)
Georgian:უცნაური(ucnauri),საკვირველი(saḳvirveli)
German:kurios (de),wunderlich (de),komisch (de)(coll.)
Italian:curioso (it),bizzarro (it)
Portuguese:curioso (pt)
Serbo-Croatian:čudan (sh)
Spanish:curioso (es)
Swedish:egendomlig (sv),kuriös (sv),märkvärdig (sv),sällsam (sv)

incongruous, inappropriate or illogical

Bulgarian:ексцентричен (bg)(ekscentričen)
Czech:nevhodný (cs) m,nepříhodný m,nesourodý m,divný (cs) m,prapodivný (cs) m,prazvláštní (cs)
Danish:løjerlig
Dutch:onlogisch (nl),ongepast (nl),onsamenhangend (nl)
French:incongru (fr),inconvenant (fr),malséant (fr),dissonant (fr)
Italian:inappropriato (it),vano (it)
Serbo-Croatian:neprikladan (sh) m
Swedish:sirlig (sv),sällsam (sv)

fastidious

Etymology 2

A variant ofquim, possibly as a euphemistic pun.

Noun

quaint (pluralquaints)

(archaic) Thevulva.[from 14th c.]
- 2003, Peter Ackroyd,The Clerkenwell Tales, page 9:
  The rest looked on, horrified, as Clarice trussed up her habit and in open view placed her hand within herqueynte crying, ‘The first house of Sunday belongs to the sun, and the second to Venus.’

Anagrams

quinta

Middle English

Adjective

quaint

Alternative form ofqueynte

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