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quaintquaint /kweɪnt/ ●○○ adjective   quaintOrigin: 1100-1200 Old French cointe ‘clever’, from Latin cognitus ‘known’ - quaint country cottages
- Stigler scoffed at the quaint idea of university as a place where a professor and a small group of students can sit in a study and discuss great thoughts.
- the town's quaint charm
- We stayed in a quaint little fishing village in Cornwall.
- Attractions include scenic journeys by boat and an eight-mile steam railway as well as quaint shops and restaurants.
- Beside this, Britain's outbreaks of sleaze seem almost quaint.
- It had refused to remain either sleepy or teeming, chaotic or quaint.
- Many of the cottagers in the neighbourhood keep one or more of these quaint pets.
- The Country Club of Mount Dora takes its name from the quaint local town in which it is situated.
- Well, the times are hardly simple, the place certainly not quaint.
- With media turning into little more than a gaggle of special effects, journalistic ethics may seem a bit quaint.
old-fashioned in a pleasant way► old-fashioned old-fashioned in a way that reminds you of nice things in the past: · The town has a lovely old-fashioned charm about it.· He was a nice, old-fashioned gentleman who would hold open the door for you or offer to carry your bags. good old-fashioned: · good old-fashioned home cooking ► quaint old-fashioned and unusual, but attractive and interesting - use this about small buildings or places, or about customs and beliefs: · We stayed in a quaint little fishing village in Cornwall.· quaint country cottages· Stigler scoffed at the quaint idea of university as a place where a professor and a small group of students can sit in a study and discuss great thoughts. unusual and attractive, especially in an old-fashioned way:  a quaint little village in Yorkshire |