Quaintness
[kwentnəs]
Definition
(noun.) strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned; 'some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness'.
(noun.) the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned; 'she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing'.
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Definition
(n.) The quality of being quaint.
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Examples
- Any private hours in her day were usually spent in her blue-green boudoir, and she had come to be very fond of its pallid quaintness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I have always liked the quaintness of the church and congregation; besides, I know the Tuckers: I shall go into their pew. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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