Word a Day
quaint
What does quaint mean?
quaint (adjective): pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use quaint in a sentence?
- Quaint dialect words. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce quaint?
/kweɪnt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does quaint come from?
From Middle English queynte, quoynte, from Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte and Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “quaint” mean?
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
Not quite: that's what wealthy means.
extremely large (in amount, extent, degree, etc.) or great
Not quite: that's what tremendous means.
pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm
Right! That's what “quaint” means.
of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech
Not quite: that's what vocal means.
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