Both Uses of
quaint
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- And the quaint mazes in the wanton green, For lack of tread, are undistinguishable: The human mortals want their winter here;†
Scene 2.1 *quaint = unusual in an interesting or pleasing way
- TITANIA Come, now a roundel and a fairy song; Then, for the third part of a minute, hence; Some to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds; Some war with rere-mice for their leathern wings, To make my small elves coats; and some keep back The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots and wonders At our quaint spirits.†
Scene 2.2
Definition:
unusual in an interesting or pleasing way -- especially when old-fashioned