English dictionary
quaint
/kw/eI/nt/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily.
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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strange in an interesting or pleasing way
ExamplesQuaint dialect words.
Quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance
ExamplesThe head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name.
Came forth a quaint and fearful sight.
A quaint sense of humor.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
ExamplesHouses with quaint thatched roofs.
Source: WordNet 3.0