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Definition

unusual in an interesting or pleasing way — especially when old-fashioned

quaint = unusual in an interesting or pleasing way — especially when old-fashioned

Grandma has a quaint, old-fashioned idea of how things should work.
The room was quaint and charming.
houses with quaint thatched roofs
Once upon a midnight dreary,
while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping,
suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Raven
Thus we came to know Dill as a pocket Merlin, whose head teemed with eccentric plans, strange longings, and quaint fancies.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

quaint = unusual in an interesting or pleasing way

They come to see the last day of the quaint little Spanish fiesta... .
Ernest Hemingway -- The Sun Also Rises

quaint = unusual in an interesting or pleasing way — especially when old-fashioned

But always afterwards on occasions of ceremony, he wore that quaint old French sword of the commodore's.
Edward E. Hale -- The Man Without a Country

quaint = unusual in an interesting or pleasing way — especially when old-fashioned

Limmershin is a very quaint little bird, but he knows how to tell the truth.
Rudyard Kipling -- The Jungle Book

quaint = unusual in an interesting or pleasing way

He listened eagerly to the old woman's quaint talk,
Sarah Jewett -- A White Heron

quaint = unusual in an interesting or pleasing way — especially when old-fashioned

They have a quaint old-fashioned custom in this country, Maria: they get married here before the wedding night.
Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim -- Westside Story

quaint = unusual in an interesting or pleasing way — especially when old-fashioned

She opens it unconcernedly and reads it quickly, giving a little laugh at some quaint turn of expression in it].
George Bernard Shaw -- Mrs. Warren's Profession
To try to make some meaning out of all this seems unbelievably quaint.
Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
But I did make one rather quaint discovery—and which I could have made just as easily without leaving London.
James Hilton -- Lost Horizon
I saw the bed before I saw him; it dominated the room with its mahogany wood, its quaintly flowered quilt and pillows out of place in that setting.
Jojo Moyes -- Me Before You
His face had been blasted by close-range gunfire, in that quaint, old-fashioned way the Taliban have when they find a mortally wounded American.
Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor
We parked in the center of town, which had big jacaranda trees and was very quaint.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
Smiling, blushing, limpid eyed, Anne tripped back and gave a quaint, funny little selection that captivated her audience still further.
Lucy Maud Montgomery -- Anne Of Green Gables
There were nearly five hundred children, all dressed in the hospital's quaint costumes.
Gloria Whelan -- Listening for Lions
As it is, we must try to appreciate these quaint Hindus.
E.M. Forster -- A Passage to India

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