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Synonyms for quaint

Adjective

1. quaint, strange (vs. familiar), unusual
usage: strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"
2. quaint, strange (vs. familiar), unusual
usage: 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 quaint sense of humor"
3. old-time, quaint, olde worlde, fashionable (vs. unfashionable), stylish
usage: attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"
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