Definition of quinnat
1. quaint [ a ] strange in an interesting or pleasing way
Examples:
"quaint dialect words"
"quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"
(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)
Publishers want books that will sell , recording_studios want discs that will not seem strange to ears used_to hillbilly and jazz music , grade and high_schools want quaint , but moral , material .
Synonyms quaint Related Terms strange2. quaint [ a ] attractively old-fashioned
Examples:
"houses with quaint thatched roofs"
"a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"
(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)
Aside_from a quaint concern with witches and devils which provides the immediate problem in the opening scene , it is a quite normal community .
(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)
Or_else the North really believes that all Southerners except a_few quaint old characters have come_around to realizing the errors of their past , and are now at_heart sharers of the American_Dream , like everybody else .
Synonyms quaint old-time Related Terms fashionable nonmodern3. quaint [ a ] very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance
Examples:
"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"
4. quaint [ a ] attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
Examples:
"houses with quaint thatched roofs"
"a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"
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