quaintness
Look at other dictionaries:
Quaintness — Quaint ness, n. The quality of being quaint. Pope. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quaintness — noun 1. the quality of being quaint and old fashioned she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing • Derivationally related forms: ↑quaint • Hypernyms: ↑old fashionedness 2. strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned some… … Useful english dictionary
quaintness — quaint ► ADJECTIVE ▪ attractively unusual or old fashioned. DERIVATIVES quaintly adverb quaintness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «wise», «ingenious»: from Old French cointe, from Latin cognoscere ascertain … English terms dictionary
quaintness — noun see quaint … New Collegiate Dictionary
quaintness — noun /ˈkweɪntnəs/ the quality of being quaint … Wiktionary
quaintness — quaint·ness || kweɪntnɪs n. strangeness, oddness, unusualness; charming old fashioned quality … English contemporary dictionary
quaintness — quaint·ness … English syllables
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell — … Wikipedia
quaint — [[t]kwe͟ɪnt[/t]] quainter, quaintest ADJ GRADED Something that is quaint is attractive because it is unusual and rather old fashioned. ...a small, quaint town with narrow streets and traditional half timbered houses... That s how concepts like… … English dictionary
Untreasure — Un*treas ure, v. t. [1st pref. un + treasure.] To bring forth or give up, as things previously treasured. The quaintness with which he untreasured, as by rote, the stores of his memory. J. Mitford. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
