Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression
Characterized by cleverness or ingenuity; skillfully wrought or artfully contrived
Something that is quaint is attractive because it is unusual and rather old-fashioned. a small, quaint town with narrow streets and traditional half-timbered houses + quaintly quaint·ly This may seem a quaintly old-fashioned idea. + quaintness quaint·ness the quaintness of the rural north. unusual and attractive, especially in an old-fashioned way (cointe , from cognitus )
attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"
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"- Bill Beatty; "came forth a quaint and fearful sight"- Sir Walter Scott; "a quaintsense of humor
strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities" 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"- Bill Beatty; "came forth a quaint and fearful sight"- Sir Walter Scott; "a quaintsense of humor
strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"