What is the meaning of quaint?

adjective

  • Strange in an interesting or pleasing way.
    • usage: "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"
  • Very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance.
    • usage: "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 of humor"
  • Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic. )
    • usage: "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"
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