Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state or fact of being quaint; having old-fashioned charm.

    the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned

  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Cunning; craftiness.

  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Skill, artfulness.

  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Primness, fastidiousness, preciousness.

Forms

plural: quaintnesses
Singularquaintness
Pluralquaintnesses

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedquaint

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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