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Word: Quaint
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French cointe, from Latin cognitus ‘ascertained’, past participle of cognoscere. The original sense was ‘wise, clever’, also ‘ingenious, cunningly devised’, hence ‘out of the ordinary’ and the current sense (late 18th century)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kweɪnt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
attractively unusual or old-fashioned
Short Definition:attractively unusual or old-fashioned
Examples:- quaint country cottages
- a quaint old custom
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