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quaint definition

quaint (kwānt)

adjective

  1. Obsolete clever or skilled
  2. Now Rare wrought with skill; ingenious
  3. unusual or old-fashioned in a pleasing way
  4. singular; unusual; curious
  5. fanciful; whimsical

Etymology: ME cointe < OFr < L cognitus, known: see cognition

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