quaint – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
quaint
adj.
strange, unusual, odd; having charming old-fashioned qualities, strangely charming
quaint
Adjective
1. strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"
(similar) strange, unusual
2. 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"
(similar) strange, unusual
3. attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"
(synonym) old-time, olde worlde
(similar) fashionable, stylish
quaint
příd.jm.
přitažlivý
quaint
Przym.
osobliwy; staroświecki
Quaint
(a.)
Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily.
(a.)
Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression.
(a.)
Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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