quaint 
quaint definition
quaint (kwānt)
adjective
- Obsolete clever or skilled
- Now Rare wrought with skill; ingenious
- unusual or old-fashioned in a pleasing way
- singular; unusual; curious
- fanciful; whimsical
Etymology: ME cointe < OFr < L cognitus, known: see cognition
Related Forms:
- quaintly quaint′ly adverb
- quaintness quaint′·ness noun
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