quaintness meaning

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quaintness (noun): the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned.

quaintness has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

quaintness as a noun

  1. the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned
    • she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing

    Type of: old-fashionedness

    Related forms: quaint

  2. strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned
    • some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness

    Type of: unfamiliarity

    Related forms: quaint

Scrabble score: 19 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with QU · words ending in SS · 10-letter words

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