Quaint Definition
kwānt
quaintest, quainter
adjective
quaintest, quainter
Clever or skilled.
Webster's New World
Wrought with skill; ingenious.
Webster's New World
Unusual or old-fashioned in a pleasing way.
Webster's New World
Cleverly made or done.
American Heritage
Singular; unusual; curious.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Quaint
Adjective
Base Form:
quaint
Comparative:
quainter
Superlative:
quaintestOrigin of Quaint
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Middle English clever, cunning, peculiar from Old French queinte, cointe from Latin cognitus past participle of cognōscere to learn cognition
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte et al., Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing"), from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognoscere (“to know").
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