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quaintness - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'quaintness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Quaintness [ n.]
- The quality of being quaint.

Meaning of 'quaintness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . quaintness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned
Example in sentence:
  • she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing
Meaning (2):
- strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned
Example in sentence:
  • some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness

Nearby Words:

qua qua-bird quab quacha quack quack grass quackeries quackery quacking quackish

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