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quaint

adjective/kweɪnt/

attractively unusual or old-fashioned

Synonyms

• charming
• picturesque
• old-fashioned

Antonyms

• modern
• ordinary
• commonplace

quaint in a sentence

Where it comes from

From Latin cognitus 'known'

Memory hook

A quaint place is cute and faintly old.

Read it in context

• The White Road Narrative

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