Quaint meaning

What does “quaint” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“quaint” is an adjective with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: strange in an interesting or pleasing way.

quaint

adjective

  1. strange in an interesting or pleasing way

    “quaint dialect words”

    “quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities”

  2. very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance

    “the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name”

    “came forth a quaint and fearful sight”

  3. attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)

    “houses with quaint thatched roofs”

    “a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University