English Explanatory Dictionary

quaint

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of a person: cunning, crafty.
  2. Cleverly made; artfully contrived.
  3. Strange or odd; unusual.
  4. Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim.
  5. Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm.
noun
  1. The vulva.

Pronunciation

kwānt /kweɪnt/ [kʰweɪ̯nt] en-us-quaint.ogg

Word forms

quaint quainter quaintest quaints

Etymology

From Middle English queynte, quoynte, from Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte and Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing”), from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognōscō (“to know”).

Derived words

quaintish quaintlike quaintly quaintness quaintsome unquaint

Translations

Bulgarian: ексцентричен Czech: nevhodný Czech: nepříhodný Czech: nesourodý Czech: divný Czech: prapodivný Czech: prazvláštní Danish: løjerlig Dutch: onlogisch Dutch: ongepast Dutch: onsamenhangend French: incongru French: inconvenant French: malséant French: dissonant Italian: inappropriato Italian: vano Serbo-Croatian: neprikladan Swedish: sirlig Swedish: sällsam
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