Meaning

1 senses

  1. (historical, obsolete)The vulva.

Examples

10 sentences

  1. It's a quaint old village.

    ruЭто живописная старая деревня. — nina99nv

    deDas ist ein malerisches altes Dorf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. His accent sounds a little quaint.

    ruЕго акцент звучит немного странно. — stariy

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  3. We stayed in a quaint bed and breakfast by the sea.

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  4. The room was quaint, with its antique furniture and lace curtains.

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  5. The lanterns near the pond in the quaint garden illumined in green.

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Origin

From Middle English queynte, quoynte, from Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte and Old French coi

From Middle English queynte, quoynte, from Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte and Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing”), from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognōscō (“to know”).

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Forms

plural: quaints
Singularquaint
Pluralquaints

regular

See also

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