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quaint
adjective
strange in an interesting or pleasing way
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- Q
- Ends with
- T
- Contains
- UAIN
- Scrabble score
- 15
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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Definitions
adjective
strange in an interesting or pleasing way
“quaint dialect words”
adjective
very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance
“{'source': 'Bill Beatty', 'text': 'the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name'}”
adjective
attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
“houses with quaint thatched roofs”
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Example Sentences
quaint dialect words
quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities
{'source': 'Bill Beatty', 'text': 'the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name'}
{'source': 'Sir Walter Scott', 'text': 'came forth a quaint and fearful sight'}
a quaint sense of humor
houses with quaint thatched roofs
a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots