English Explanatory Dictionary

quaintrelle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A woman who is focused on style and leisurely pastimes.

Pronunciation

/kweɪnˈtɹɛl/ [-ˈtʃɹɛl] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quaintrelle.wav

Word forms

quaintrelle quaintrelles

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Middle English queyntrelle (“person of fashion”), from Middle French cointerelle, from Middle French cointerel (“vain”) + -elle, -ele (suffix forming feminine diminutive nouns), possibly influenced by quaint. Cointerel is derived from cointe (“clever, intelligent; quaint”), from Latin cognitus (“known, recognized; acknowledged, noted”), the perfect passive participle of cōgnōscō (“to be acquainted (with), recognize; to learn; to know”), from con- (prefix meaning ‘with’) + (g)nōscō (“to know, recognize”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”) + *-sḱéti (suffix forming durative or iterative imperfective verbs from roots)).

Synonyms

dandizette dandyess dudelet quaintrelle

Antonyms

barbermonger beau blade blood buck carpet knight cockscomb dandy dike dood dude dudelet exquisite fashionable fast man fine gentleman fop foretop fribble gallant go jack-a-dandy Jemmy-Jessamy jetter macaroni masher metrosexual mignon petit maître popinjay pretty boy prig puss-gentleman smart spark spiff swell tippy toff
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