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quaint |
Grep of noun quaint quaintness Overview of adj quaint The adj quaint has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) quaint -- (strange in an interesting or pleasing way "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities") 2. (1) quaint -- (very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance; "the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name"- Bill Beatty; "came forth a quaint and fearful sight"- Sir Walter Scott; "a quaint sense of humor") 3. old-time, quaint -- (attractively old-fashioned; "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots") Antonyms of adj quaint 3 senses of quaint Sense 1 quaint INDIRECT (VIA strange) -> familiar Sense 2 quaint INDIRECT (VIA strange) -> familiar Sense 3 old-time, quaint INDIRECT (VIA fashionable) -> unfashionable, unstylish, out of fashion Similarity of adj quaint 3 senses of quaint Sense 1 quaint => strange (vs. familiar), unusual Sense 2 quaint => strange (vs. familiar), unusual Sense 3 old-time, quaint => fashionable (vs. unfashionable), stylish Attributes of adj quaint Familiarity of adj quaint quaint used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj quaint quaint Overview of adj quaint The adj quaint has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) quaint -- (strange in an interesting or pleasing way "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities") 2. (1) quaint -- (very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance; "the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name"- Bill Beatty; "came forth a quaint and fearful sight"- Sir Walter Scott; "a quaint sense of humor") 3. old-time, quaint -- (attractively old-fashioned; "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots")
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