Quaint Definition

kwānt
quaintest, quainter
adjective
quaintest, quainter
Clever or skilled.
Webster's New World
Wrought with skill; ingenious.
Webster's New World
Unusual or old-fashioned in a pleasing way.
Webster's New World
Cleverly made or done.
American Heritage
Singular; unusual; curious.
Webster's New World
noun

(archaic) The vulva. [from 14th c.]

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Adjective

Base Form:
quaint
Comparative:
quainter
Superlative:
quaintest

Origin of Quaint

  • Middle English clever, cunning, peculiar from Old French queinte, cointe from Latin cognitus past participle of cognōscere to learn cognition

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte et al., Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing"), from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognoscere (“to know").

    From Wiktionary

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