Definitions for quaint

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Spelling: [kweynt]
IPA: /kweɪnt/

Quaint is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in quaint (ainqtu).

Definitions for quaint

adjective

  1. having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque:
  2. strange, peculiar, or unusual in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way:
  3. skillfully or cleverly made.
  4. Obsolete. wise; skilled.

Origin of quaint

1175-1225; Middle English queinte Old French, variant of cointe clever, pleasing ≪ Latin cognitus known (past participle of cognōscere; see cognition)

Examples for quaint

And then there are the quaint epitaphs on the gravestones, of which many have made collections.

I followed and was soon sitting at a quaint table with chairs facing the lake.

Swarms of police, gunfire, panic—all foreign to a city known for its quaint, Commonwealth style, still air, and orderliness.

The Owlet is twin to that quaint little bird, so its name flew to her and stayed.

It was of finer material than most of the "Egyptians," and the fashion was quaint and graceful.

Reed moved to Bhutan when Thimphu was a quaint town of 30,000.

Meg and Jan had tears in their eyes as they watched the quaint spectacle.

It is quaint and severe, however, and abounding in dry conceits.

According to Adoflsson, the tradition is nothing more than good vs. evil, set in a quaint Swedish town.

Today, the quaint spectacle of a stage-managed fairy-tale celebration strikes many of us as a load of garbage.

Word Value for quaint
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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