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Writers such as Richard Powers and the late David Foster Wallace have shown the path to a newer generation of writers for whom all national boundaries are quaint curiosities.
Giles Foden

Meaning of "quaint" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUAINT

(Clever): from Old French cointe, from Latin cognitus known, from cognoscere to ascertain.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF QUAINT

quaint  [kweɪnt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUAINT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quaint is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES QUAINT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of quaint in the English dictionary

The definition of quaint in the dictionary is attractively unusual, esp in an old-fashioned style. Other definition of quaint is odd, peculiar, or inappropriate.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUAINT


acquaint
əˈkweɪnt
ain´t
eɪnt
complaint
kəmˈpleɪnt
constraint
kənˈstreɪnt
daint
deɪnt
distraint
dɪˈstreɪnt
faint
feɪnt
feint
feɪnt
greasepaint
ˈɡriːsˌpeɪnt
hain´t
heɪnt
paint
peɪnt
plaint
pleɪnt
preacquaint
ˌpriːəˈkweɪnt
reacquaint
ˌriːəˈkweɪnt
repaint
riːˈpeɪnt
restraint
rɪˈstreɪnt
saint
seɪnt
straint
streɪnt
taint
teɪnt
unacquaint
ˌʌnəˈkweɪnt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUAINT

quaggier
quaggiest
quagginess
quaggy
quagmire
quagmiry
quahaug
quahog
Quai d´Orsay
quaich
quaigh
quail
quaintly
quaintness
quair
quake

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUAINT

bepaint
child restraint
eggshell paint
emulsion paint
enamel paint
finger paint
gloss paint
head restraint
Latter-day Saint
lead paint
liver complaint
matt paint
oil-based paint
oil paint
patron saint
poster paint
self-restraint
spray paint
war paint
water paint

Synonyms and antonyms of quaint in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «QUAINT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «quaint» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of quaint

Translation of «quaint» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUAINT

Find out the translation of quaint to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of quaint from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quaint» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

离奇有趣的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

curioso
570 millions of speakers

English

quaint
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विचित्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طَرِيف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

причудливый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incomum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উদ্ভট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

désuet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

urig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

古風で趣のある
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

별나고 아름다운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aneh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kỳ lạ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தள்ளியிருப்பது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विलक्षण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

antika
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pittoresco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

osobliwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

химерний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pitoresc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιδιόρυθμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sonderlinge
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pittoresk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pittoresk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quaint

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUAINT»

The term «quaint» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.160 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUAINT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «quaint» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «quaint» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quaint

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10 QUOTES WITH «QUAINT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word quaint.
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Nicole Anderson
I have gone to Niagara-on-the-Lake. You know, Niagara Falls in Canada. It's this cute little quaint town, and it's just warm, and everyone is so nice.
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Ruzwana Bashir
The world of TV debates is antiquated. What looked smart and modern in 1960, with Kennedy versus Nixon, looks quaint and over-rehearsed between Obama and Romney. We need a new format; even if we have the same moderators and candidates, there needs to be a more nuanced way for audiences to connect with and shape presidential debates.
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Polly Bergen
Baltimore is one of the most beautiful towns, really. And trust me, I don't say that about every place. There is just something so quaint, old and beautiful about this place.
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Mitch Daniels
We Hoosiers hold to some quaint notions. Some might say we 'cling' to them, though not out of fear or ignorance. We believe in paying our bills. We have kept our state in the black throughout the recent unpleasantness, while cutting rather than raising taxes, by practicing an old tribal ritual - we spend less money than we take in.
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Mark Davis
Being briefed only once is a quaint defense. You're either briefed or not briefed.
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Giles Foden
Writers such as Richard Powers and the late David Foster Wallace have shown the path to a newer generation of writers for whom all national boundaries are quaint curiosities.
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Kirsty Gallacher
I grew up Windlesham in Surrey, which is a beautiful and quaint village.
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Hannah Kearney
I have this dream of what I ultimately want my life to be like, and it involves a lot of quaint activities like cooking and canoeing and camping and hiking.
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Cynthia Ozick
An article can be timely, topical, engaged in the issues and personalities of the moment; it is likely to be stale within the month. In five years, it may have acquired the quaint aura of a rotary phone. An article is usually Siamese-twinned to its date of birth.
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Frederick Pollock
Medieval justice was a quaint thing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUAINT»

Discover the use of quaint in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quaint and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Quips and Quaint Sayings in English
Here is a lexicon of common colloquialistic vernacular idioms. Many such collections have preceded this, but none so purely from memory as these from Rose Osmondson.
Rose Wolfe Osmondson, 2008
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Cute, Quaint, Hungry and Romantic: The Aesthetics of Consumerism
First time in paperback: "An exhilarating collection by a brilliant writer . . . a penetrating observer of things so familiar that they're in danger of not being noticed."-Steven Millhauser
Daniel Harris, 2001
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Quaint Sermons of Samuel Rutherford: Hitherto Unpublished
Isaiah 41:14-16 (p. 1-26, 27-42) ; Hosea 8:1-8 (p. 43-65) ; John 20:9-13 (p. 66-83) ; Song of Solomon 5:3-6 (p. 84-115) ; Song of Solomon 5:7-10 (p. 116-151) ; Jeremiah 1: 4, 5 (p. 152-177) ; Jeremiah 1: 4, 5 (p. 178-196) ; Luke 15:11-12 (p ...
Samuel Rutherford, 1885
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Quick Truths in Quaint Texts: 2d Series
QUICK. TRUTHS. IN. QUAINT. TEXTS. THE SONGFUL JEHOVAH Text: He will joy over thee with singing. — Zeph. 3 . 17- THE Lord Jehovah singing! Is this picture of the Almighty startling? Does it in any sense seem discordant to the idea of ...
Robert Stuart MacArthur, 1907
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Quaint Sermons Samuel Rutherford
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Andrew Alexander Bonar, 2009
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Quaint Birdhouses You Can Paint and Decorate
But why stop at just one house? Dorothy Egan, birdhouse-painter extraordinaire, takes the idea a step further by showing you how to create an entire village of birdhouses!
Dorothy Egan, 2000
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A Dictionary of Sexual Language and Imagery in Shakespearean ...
Fowlyng', observes that 'A queynt is vsyd a quayle pype Yn somer' to trap birds; queynt appearing in a forced way for 'trick', to pun on quaint. Cf. F&H 'grouping' = questing for women. quaint vagina (OED notes from c.1309; it was the usual ...
Gordon Williams, 2001
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Quaint Korea
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Miln Jordan, 2009
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Quaint Old Customs of Wales (Folklore History Series)
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Wirt Sikes, 2010
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The Quaint Companions With an Introduction by H. G. Wells
INTRODUCTION The chief fault of The Quaint Companions is that it ends. Mr. Merrick isno followerofthe "wellmade novel" school; he accepts his liberties as anEnglish novelist, andthis book has not only the beginning and middleandendofone ...
Leonard Merrick

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUAINT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quaint is used in the context of the following news items.
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Quaint town's peace shattered by a gunman's deadly rampage
Streets in the quaint neighborhood of Colonial Shores boast names such as Patriot Lane, Liberty Bell Lane and Revolutionary Lane, and American flags ripple ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
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Quaint, tony Hamptons may ban mega homes
He says the quaint, village atmosphere of the community is being overrun by so-called spec houses, built by developers who tear down modestly sized homes ... «Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, Jul 15»
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Quaint Oak Bancorp, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
Quaint Oak Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for Quaint Oak Bank. Quaint Oak Bank is a Pennsylvania-chartered stock savings bank headquartered in ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
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Quaint Hotel, Gozo: Don't judge this hotel by its name
In the heart of the village of Nadur, high on a plateau above the harbour of the small island of Gozo (baby sister to Malta), the new Quaint Hotel is something of ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
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As cash becomes quaint, are ATMs on path to obsolescence?
... will concern the choices of millennials, those for whom the internet, mobile phones and plastic cards are a fact of life, checks are unknown and cash is quaint. «The Conversation US, Jun 15»
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Quaint love story that's a ditzy delight: A Damsel In Distress is an old …
There are perhaps only two words for this show: one is delightful and the other is ditzy. You cannot pin an ounce of substance on the musical based on P. G. ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
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Quaint, but filled with legend
Eerattingal village here appears quaint but all its modesty does not help betray the Panthirukulam legacy that fills the place with an unsurpassable aura. «The Hindu, May 15»
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Charleston, SC Tourism Tries to Break Free From Its Quaint Garden …
Charleston, S.C. Tourism Tries to Break Free From Its Quaint Garden Stereotype. Bruce Smith, Associated Press. May 03, 2015 1:00 pm. Twitter · Facebook. «Skift, May 15»
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Trendy retailers sign on with quaint Kerbey Lane Village property
The quaint Kerbey Lane Village — a collection of bungalows filled with retailers in Central Austin — is getting a facelift and a new set of trendy tenants. «Austin Business Journal, Mar 15»
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My Quaint, Silly, Ridiculous, Little, Lovely, Lovely Faith
When I was growing up, I was raised in a Lutheran home. My mother's father was a gifted, but somewhat stern Lutheran pastor who informed my mother's faith. «Patheos, Mar 15»

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