Both Uses of
quaint
in
The Age of Innocence
- This plan they punctually fulfilled, spending July at Interlaken and Grindelwald, and August at a little place called Etretat, on the Normandy coast, which some one had recommended as quaint and quiet.†
Chpt 20 *
- "I'll take you to some jolly old-fashioned place—the Bristol say—" leaving his father speechless at hearing that the century-long home of kings and emperors was now spoken of as an old-fashioned inn, where one went for its quaint inconveniences and lingering local colour.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(quaint) unusual in an interesting or pleasing way -- especially when old-fashioned